Wethern Surname

1,028,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 245 people bear this surname

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

Wethern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wethern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2451:1,479,424101,022
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:913,06755,053

Wethern Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wethern has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Wethern click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wethern? popularity and diffusion

Wethern is the 1,028,911th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Wethern are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 1,479,424. In The United States Wethern is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 19 percent are found, California, where 18 percent are found and Ohio, where 8 percent are found.

Wethern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wethern has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 445 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wethern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wethern last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.56% registered with the political party.

Wethern earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.02% more than the national average, earning $47,906 USD per year.

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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 Wethern
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