Witcherley Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Witcherley Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witcherley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:1,688,42669,999
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England531:459,91326,089

Witcherley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Witcherley is found most in England. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witcherley? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,017,195th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Witcherley are found; 81 percent are found in Northern Europe and 81 percent are found in British Isles.

This last name is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 1,688,426. In England it is mostly concentrated in: North Yorkshire, where 27 percent are found, Warwickshire, where 15 percent are found and Oxfordshire, where 12 percent are found. Apart from England this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 14 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Witcherley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Witcherley has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname fell 38 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wicherley951/
Witcherly950/
Wytcherley90205/
Witherly89123/
Wicerley891/
Whytcherley860/
Wycherley841,300/
Wytcherly849/
Wytcherle842/
Whycherley801/
Wetherly78147/
Wycherly7838/
Wecherle782/
Wecherly780/
Whetherly7464/
Westherly745/
Vitcherla741/
Waicherla741/
Wiserly7112/
Wiggerly6712/
Becherle674/
Bicherla673/
Bicherli671/
Vicherla671/

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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 Witcherley
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