Wetherton Surname

2,460,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 61 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Singapore

Wetherton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wetherton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States571:6,358,929302,882
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Wetherton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wetherton occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetherton? popularity and diffusion

Wetherton is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name Wetherton is mostly found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Wetherton reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 6,358,929. In The United States it is most common in: Kentucky, where 28 percent live, Georgia, where 21 percent live and Illinois, where 12 percent live. Beside The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 5 percent live and Singapore, where 2 percent live.

Wetherton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wetherton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Wetherton last name grew 130 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wetherton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wetherton surname are 45.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 92.31% being registered with the political party.

Wetherton earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 28.32% more than the national average, earning $55,370 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
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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 Wetherton
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