Wetherill Surname

202,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,061 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Antigua and Barbuda

Wetherill 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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Wetherill Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0231:354,31031,697
England6741:82,6689,124
Canada931:396,18935,081
South Africa821:660,70448,422
Australia581:465,44335,949
Antigua and Barbuda351:2,833434
New Zealand291:156,14917,650
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Wales141:221,03813,576
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
China31:455,773,85521,925
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3951:61,7107,184
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3451:145,56113,608

Wetherill 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

Wetherill Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wetherill is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetherill? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wetherill is the 202,164th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,535,927 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Wetherill live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,023 people, or 1 in 354,310. In The United States Wetherill is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 13 percent live, Florida, where 7 percent live and Texas, where 5 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Wetherill Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wetherill has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wetherill last name increased 297 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 171 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wetherill Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wetherill last name are 27.78% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 74.55% registered with the political party.

The amount Wetherill earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 116.56% more than the national average, earning R 514,620 per year; in United States they earn 6.12% more than the national average, earning $45,791 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.22% less than the national average, earning $40,132 CAD per year.

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