Wetheridge Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Wetheridge Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetheridge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:1,266,32057,817
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Jersey11:99,2026,620
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
Wales21:784,20816,349

Wetheridge Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wetheridge is found most frequently in England. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetheridge? popularity and diffusion

Wetheridge is the 2,808,717th most prevalent family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Wetheridge are found; 94 percent are found in Northern Europe and 94 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Wetheridge is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 1,266,320. In England Wetheridge is most frequent in: Greater London, where 34 percent live, Essex, where 30 percent live and Durham, where 14 percent live. Apart from England this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.

Wetheridge Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wetheridge has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Wetheridge last name expanded 138 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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
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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wetheridge
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