Weirs Surname
Approximately 168 people bear this surname
Weirs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 114 | 1:3,179,464 | 183,182 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 28 | 1:870,549 | 37,307 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 81 | 1:619,984 | 41,330 |
Weirs Demographics
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Weirs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weirs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weirs is most common in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Weirs? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,333,288th most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 43,378,250 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Weirs reside; 55 percent reside in North America and 55 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 3,179,464. In The United States Weirs is primarily found in: Pennsylvania, where 11 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Georgia, where 8 percent live. Excluding The United States Weirs exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent live and The Netherlands, where 4 percent live.
Weirs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Weirs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weirs surname increased 141 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 157 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Weirs Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Weirs last name is principally Catholic (83%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Weirs surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.
Weirs earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.76% more than the national average, earning $43,477 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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