Westmoreland Surname

33,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,791 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Westmoreland Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Westmoreland,' a native of that county who has gone to reside outside its borders; compare Wiltshire, Derbyshire, &c.

Johannes Westmerland, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1600.

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Westmoreland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States14,3161:25,3183,189
England1,0691:52,1226,410
Australia991:272,68424,601
Canada731:504,73442,927
New Zealand321:141,51016,640
Jamaica311:92,5794,005
Scotland261:205,91610,908
Wales261:119,0209,008
Guyana261:29,3163,211
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
France101:6,642,272293,169
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
China21:683,660,78330,601
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4811:50,6766,161
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1881:42,2724,933

Westmoreland (42) may also be a first name.

Westmoreland Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Westmoreland,' a native of that county who has gone to reside outside its borders; compare Wiltshire, Derbyshire, &c.

Johannes Westmerland, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1600. Married — Mathyas Westmerland and Elyzabeth Pecke: St. Antholin (London).

1791. — Robert Westmorland and Mary Keen.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Westmoreland, Anglo-Saxon Chron. a.d. 966 West- móringa land = the Land of the Sons (People) of the West Moor(s [Old English west + mór, a moor + -inga, genit. pl. of the ‘son’ suff. -ing + land] Rad’us Com’ Westmorland’.—Charter-Rolls, tp. Hen. IV.

Cold Cumberland, which yet wild Westmorland excells For roughness, at whose point lies rugged Fournesse Fells, Is fill’d with mighty moors. . . .—Drayton, Poly-Olbion, xxiii, 209-11.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Local. A county of England; the "West—moor—land."

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Westmoreland has been for ages and is yet the home of the Stricklands, an important knightly Catholic family resident at Sizergh, near Kendal, since the 13th century. The Stricklands of Sizergh Hall were zealous Catholics in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The mayors of Kendal, in 1764 and 1773, belonged to this family. Great Strickland, a Westmoreland parish, in very early times gave a home and a name to this race; but the ancient spelling was Stirkland or Styrkland, and we read of a Sir Walter de Stirkland in Morland parish in this county in the reign of Henry III. (L. N. Whitaker's "Richmondshire"). The name is now well represented in the Preston district of Lancashire, and in the North and East Ridings.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Westmoreland Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Westmoreland Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Westmoreland occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Westmoreland? popularity and diffusion

Westmoreland is the 33,624th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 461,500 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Westmoreland reside; 91 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,566,439th most frequent given name internationally, held by 42 people.

The last name is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 14,316 people, or 1 in 25,318. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 15 percent reside, Georgia, where 13 percent reside and North Carolina, where 9 percent reside. Aside from The United States Westmoreland occurs in 44 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Westmoreland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Westmoreland has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Westmoreland surname expanded 1,205 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 222 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Westmoreland Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Westmoreland surname are 19.2% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.97% registered with the party.

The amount Westmoreland earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 90.78% more than the national average, earning R 453,360 per year; in United States they earn 7.52% less than the national average, earning $39,903 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.87% more than the national average, earning $56,572 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Westmooreland9613/
Westtmoreland962/
Wwestmoreland962/
Westmorealand961/
Westmorelond922/
Wastmoreland921/
Westmereland921/
Westmoraland921/
Wostmoreland920/
Wistmoreland920/

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