Wetherall Surname

193,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Wetherall Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wetheral,' a parish near Carlisle. This North English surname has made a fair impression upon our directories on both sides of the water.

Adam de Wederhale, homer, 3 Edward II: Freemen of York.

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Wetherall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9981:55,8306,764
Australia4681:57,6837,021
United States3361:1,078,74778,479
Canada1051:350,91031,754
New Zealand721:62,8939,679
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Northern Ireland331:55,9104,502
Uruguay321:107,24210,337
Scotland211:254,94412,577
Jersey151:6,6131,336
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Wales101:309,45316,869
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland731:60,6834,748
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6851:35,5844,642
Wales121:130,7015,289
Scotland121:311,9359,798
Guernsey61:5,443949
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1351:371,99028,019

Wetherall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wetheral,' a parish near Carlisle. This North English surname has made a fair impression upon our directories on both sides of the water.

Adam de Wederhale, homer, 3 Edward II: Freemen of York.

Hugh de Wederhale, Cumberland, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

Humfrey de Wederhall: Estates and Families of Cumberland, Cumberland.

1617. Thomas Wethereld, Cumberland: Register of the University of Oxford.

1618. Rowland Wetherall and Margaret More: Marriage Lic. (London).

1628. Nicholas Searle and Elizabeth Wetherill: ibid.

1744. Married — Peter Scott and Elizabeth Weatherell: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

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

(English) Dweller at the Wether-Nook or -Corner [Old English weð(e)r, wether, sheep + h(e)al(h, nook, etc.] (Scandinavian) Dweller at the Wether-Slope [Old Norse ueðr + hall-r] As the Cumberland Wetheral (13th cent. Wetherhal(e, Wederhale) “is situated on the steep banks of the Eden,’’ it is evid. of Scandinavian origin.

Cp. Wetherh(e)ald.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Wetheral (enclosure where sheep were kept), in Cumberland; dweller near an enclosure where sheep were kept.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A location name in Cumberland.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Wetherall Last Name Facts

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

Wetherall is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetherall? popularity and diffusion

Wetherall is the 193,101st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,344,445 people. The last name Wetherall is predominantly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Wetherall live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 49 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most numerous in England, where it is held by 998 people, or 1 in 55,830. In England Wetherall is primarily found in: Greater London, where 16 percent are found, Oxfordshire, where 5 percent are found and Buckinghamshire, where 5 percent are found. Excluding England it occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.

Wetherall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wetherall has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Wetherall last name rose 146 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 249 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 175 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it fell 17 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wetherall Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Anglican (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wetherall last name are 7.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.97% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Wetherall earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 7.51% more than the national average, earning R 255,480 per year; in United States they earn 0.2% less than the national average, earning $43,063 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.31% less than the national average, earning $47,044 CAD per year.

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