Wethers Surname
Approximately 340 people bear this surname
Wethers Surname Definition:
(English) One who tended wethers or sheep, a shepherd.
Wethers Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 185 | 1:1,959,237 | 126,399 |
| Northern Ireland | 62 | 1:29,759 | 3,120 |
| Argentina | 41 | 1:1,042,522 | 64,438 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Scotland | 7 | 1:764,831 | 25,488 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 28 | 1:158,210 | 8,327 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 26 | 1:937,514 | 38,808 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 555 | 1:90,484 | 9,326 |
Wethers Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) One who tended wethers or sheep, a shepherd.
Wethers Demographics
Wethers Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Wethers Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wethers Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wethers occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Wethers.
How Common Is The Last Name Wethers? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 818,364th most common surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 21,433,959 people. The surname Wethers occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Wethers live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname Wethers is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 1,959,237. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Maryland, where 31 percent are found, California, where 21 percent are found and New York, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 18 percent are found and Argentina, where 12 percent are found.
Wethers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Wethers has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Wethers surname declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 35 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Wethers Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Wethers surname are 23.6% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.37% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Wethers earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 22.28% more than the national average, earning $52,761 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.97% less than the national average, earning $42,743 CAD per year.
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Wethers Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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