Wetherwax Surname

1,333,288th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 168 people bear this surname

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

Wetherwax Surname Definition:

WETHERWAX: (Dutch.) Weiderwacht, from weider, a herdsman, and wacht, a watch, a guard; weide, a pasture, a meadow; weideri, a pasture for fattening cattle.

Wetherwax Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1681:2,157,494136,287
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1401:358,70527,299

Wetherwax Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

WETHERWAX: (Dutch.) Weiderwacht, from weider, a herdsman, and wacht, a watch, a guard; weide, a pasture, a meadow; weideri, a pasture for fattening cattle.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Wetherwax Last Name Facts

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

The surname Wetherwax occurs most in The United States. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wetherwax? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,333,288th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 43,378,250 people. Wetherwax is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Wetherwax reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 2,157,494. In The United States Wetherwax is most numerous in: New York, where 33 percent reside, California, where 25 percent reside and Michigan, where 14 percent reside.

Wetherwax Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Wetherwax has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Wetherwax last name grew 120 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wetherwax Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wetherwax surname are 15.74% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.97% registered to vote for the political party.

Wetherwax earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.18% less than the national average, earning $39,188 USD per year.

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