Wetherington Surname

146,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,014 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Wetherington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetherington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0051:120,61912,906
England41:13,929,515290,718
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England461:529,89928,330
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2481:202,49517,559

Wetherington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wetherington is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wetherington click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetherington? popularity and diffusion

The last name Wetherington is the 146,983rd most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,417,898 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Wetherington are found; 100 percent are found in North America and 100 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Wetherington is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 3,005 people, or 1 in 120,619. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Florida, where 26 percent live, Georgia, where 23 percent live and North Carolina, where 19 percent live. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Georgia, where 0 percent live.

Wetherington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wetherington has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wetherington last name increased 1,212 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wetherington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wetherington surname are 18.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.67% being registered with the political party.

Wetherington earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.64% less than the national average, earning $42,011 USD per year.

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Wetherington Reference & Research

We/Witherington DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

We/Witherington FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Wetherington
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