Wethington Surname

126,781st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,582 people bear this surname

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

Wethington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wethington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,5761:101,35911,235
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1991:252,35520,860

Wethington Last Name Facts

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

Wethington is found most frequently in The United States. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Wethington.

How Common Is The Last Name Wethington? popularity and diffusion

Wethington is the 126,781st most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,034,491 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Wethington live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 3,576 people, or 1 in 101,359. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Kentucky, where 29 percent reside, Indiana, where 14 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Wethington is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 0 percent reside and Japan, where 0 percent reside.

Wethington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wethington has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wethington last name grew 1,797 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wethington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Wethington last name are 28.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 75.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Wethington earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.57% less than the national average, earning $41,178 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 Wethington
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