Wetherby Surname
Approximately 916 people bear this surname
Wetherby Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wetherby,' a market- town in the parish of Spofforth, West Riding of Yorkshire This surname has thriven better in the United States than in England. Wetherbee is an Americanism, but not entirely unknown in this country; compare Applebee.
Read More About This SurnameWetherby Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 869 | 1:417,099 | 36,198 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 129 | 1:188,956 | 15,351 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 512 | 1:98,083 | 9,977 |
Wetherby Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Wetherby,' a market- town in the parish of Spofforth, West Riding of Yorkshire This surname has thriven better in the United States than in England. Wetherbee is an Americanism, but not entirely unknown in this country; compare Applebee.
Robertas de Wethirby, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
(Scandinavian) belonging to Wetherby (Yorks), the Domesday Wedrebi = the Wether or Sheep Farm [Old Norse ueðr + bý-r]
(English) One who came from Wetherby (sheep farm), in Yorkshire.
Wetherby, a town in Yorkshire.
Local. A town in west Yorkshire, England; the wide or extended village; Weider, Dutch, a herdsman, Weideri, the place of fattening cattle, and by, a village.
Wetherby Demographics
Average Wetherby Salary in
United States
$44,989 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Wetherby Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetherby Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wetherby is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetherby? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 387,397th most frequently used surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,955,836 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Wetherby reside; 77 percent reside in North America and 77 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The surname Wetherby is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 869 people, or 1 in 417,099. In The United States it is most common in: Vermont, where 14 percent live, Florida, where 8 percent live and California, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Wetherby occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Wetherby Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wetherby has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wetherby last name expanded 170 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 74 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wetherby Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Wetherby are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
Wetherby earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.26% more than the national average, earning $44,989 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherby | 94 | 5,599 | / |
| Whetherby | 94 | 3 | / |
| Westherby | 94 | 1 | / |
| Waetherby | 94 | 1 | / |
| Wetherbey | 94 | 0 | / |
| Weatherbey | 89 | 11 | / |
| Wheatherby | 89 | 9 | / |
| Weattherby | 89 | 1 | / |
| Weathesrby | 89 | 1 | / |
| Weatheerby | 89 | 1 | / |
| Weatherrby | 89 | 0 | / |
| Witherby | 88 | 409 | / |
| Wetherbe | 88 | 57 | / |
| Watherby | 88 | 4 | / |
| Weaterby | 88 | 1 | / |
| Wethreby | 88 | 0 | / |
| Wetterby | 88 | 0 | / |
| Wetherbee | 82 | 2,438 | / |
| Weatherbe | 82 | 137 | / |
| Wetherbie | 82 | 20 | / |
| Whitherby | 82 | 4 | / |
| Wetherber | 82 | 2 | / |
| Weathorby | 82 | 1 | / |
| Westherbe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Whetherbe | 82 | 1 | / |
| Wetherbed | 82 | 1 | / |
| Westerbey | 82 | 0 | / |
| Wetherbes | 82 | 0 | / |
| Waterby | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weatherbee | 78 | 2,492 | / |
| Weatherbie | 78 | 577 | / |
| Weatherbed | 78 | 92 | / |
| Westherbee | 78 | 2 | / |
| Wehtherbee | 78 | 2 | / |
| Wetherbeej | 78 | 1 | / |
| Weatherber | 78 | 0 | / |
| Whetherbee | 78 | 0 | / |
| Vesterby | 75 | 415 | / |
| Wästerby | 75 | 19 | / |
| Waterboy | 75 | 6 | / |
| Whiterby | 75 | 4 | / |
| Waterbey | 75 | 1 | / |
| Witterby | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wehterbe | 75 | 0 | / |
| Waterbuy | 75 | 0 | / |
| Witherbe | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wisterby | 75 | 0 | / |
| Wheatherbee | 74 | 2 | / |
| Weatherbead | 74 | 0 | / |
| Witherbee | 71 | 325 | / |
| Witherbed | 71 | 20 | / |
| Wehterbee | 71 | 2 | / |
| Westerber | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watherbie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Watherbee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Weaterbie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Wotherbee | 71 | 0 | / |
| Weaterbee | 71 | 0 | / |
| Wethirbee | 71 | 0 | / |
| Witherbie | 71 | 0 | / |
| Whitterby | 71 | 0 | / |
| Witherbeej | 67 | 2 | / |
| Whitherbee | 67 | 2 | / |
| Weahterbie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Whitherbed | 67 | 0 | / |
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Wetherby Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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