Wetherhead Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Wetherhead Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. The wetherherd was a tender of rams. The change of the suffix -herd into -head was a natural one, and is now all but universal.
John le Wetherhurde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Read More About This SurnameWetherhead Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 33 | 1:10,983,604 | 436,696 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 59 | 1:413,142 | 24,536 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Wetherhead Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. The wetherherd was a tender of rams. The change of the suffix -herd into -head was a natural one, and is now all but universal.
John le Wetherhurde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
John Wetherhird. Issues of the Exchequer.
Johannes Wetherhyrd, faber, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Jonson Wetherhird (i.e. Thomas, the son of John Wetherherd), 1379: ibid.
Agnes Wederhead, of Hornby, 1580: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
1583-4. William Smithe, yeoman, and Joan Wetherhedd: Marriage Lic. (London).
1618. Edward Wethered, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1633. Bant. — Mary, d. Nicholas Wetherheael:
-ster as in spinster, was so much more popular that Weaver has not pushed its way into the directories so successfully as might have been expected. But in America it has prospered wonderfully. The simple Webb (which see) also took from the success of this name.
1522. George Wever: Register of the University of Oxford.
1585. Thomas Weaver, of Wettenhall, gent.: Wills at Chester.
1610. Married — Henrie Planncon, Dutchman, and Margrett Weaver: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1646. Cecilia Weever, of Warrington, widow: Wills at Chester.
Nicholas Weever, of Goosnargh, 1670: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
WETHERHERD: From the occupation of 'wether-herd' or shepherd (Old English weder + hierde). Thomas dictus Wethyrhyrde held six bovates of land in Neucraneston, c. 1200 (Neubotle, p. 168). William Wytherhird of Berwickshire rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 210).
Weatherhead: Of local origin from some small place of the name (a hill), probably in Berwickshire. William Wedderat was burgess of Lauder in 1493 (Laing, 217), George Wedderheid or Weddirheid had a precept carte feodifirme in 1532 and another in 1542 (RSS., II, 1308, 4671), and Robert Wedderat was clerk of the diocese of St. Andrews and notary public in 1547 (RRM., III, p. 342). Payment was made to Robene Wedderate in renunciation of his tacks in 1567 (Dryburgh, p. 404). Andrew Wedderheid rendered to Exchequer the accounts of the burgh of Lauder in 1560 (ER., XIX, p. 117), and five years later we have sasine of land in Lauder to Andrew Wedderat (ibid., p. 544). Cuthbert Wedderet witnessed a sasine of 1541 (Home, 252), David Wedderhead is recorded in the parish of Makarstoune in 1559 (Lauder), Margaret Watherit in Skaithmoor, 1685 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 480), and the tenement of George Waderit is mentioned in 1692 (Retours, Berwick, 446). George Hume Weatherhead (c. 1790—1853) was author of several medical works and M. P. for Edinburgh, c. 1850, and T. C. Weatherhead was author of educational works for examination purposes. Wadderat 1632.
(English) Dweller at theWETHER Head or Top [Old English weð(e)r + heáfod, head, top, high ground]
1. Local: "the bleak promontory?" 2. Perhaps a corruption of Wetherherd.
WETHERHERD: A shepherd-one who took care of wether-sheep. This name is ancient, occurring temp. Edward I.
Weatherhead was the name of the vicar of Thorp Arch, in the city of York, early last century (D.).
Wetherhead Demographics
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Wetherhead Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wetherhead Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wetherhead is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wetherhead? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 75 percent of Wetherhead are found; 75 percent are found in North America and 75 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 10,983,604. In The United States it is primarily found in: Georgia, where 21 percent are found, New Jersey, where 21 percent are found and Texas, where 18 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found.
Wetherhead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Wetherhead has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 206 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 81 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wetherhead Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Wetherhead last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.
Wetherhead earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 115.98% more than the national average, earning $93,194 USD per year.
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