Whethers Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

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

Whethers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whethers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:6,712,202314,667
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Whethers Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whethers is most common in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whethers? popularity and diffusion

The last name Whethers is the 2,605,694th most commonly used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The surname Whethers is mostly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Whethers live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 54 people, or 1 in 6,712,202. In The United States Whethers is most frequent in: New York, where 48 percent reside, Maryland, where 13 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States it occurs in one country. It is also found in New Caledonia, where 2 percent reside.

Whethers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whethers has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whethers surname increased 360 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whethers Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Whethers surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered to vote for the party.

Whethers earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.74% less than the national average, earning $35,062 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 Whethers
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