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 in England more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witcherley? popularity and diffusion

Witcherley is the 3,017,195th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Witcherley live; 81 percent live in Northern Europe and 81 percent live in British Isles.

It is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 1,688,426. In England it is mostly concentrated in: North Yorkshire, where 27 percent live, Warwickshire, where 15 percent live and Oxfordshire, where 12 percent live. Barring England Witcherley exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Witcherley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Witcherley has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Witcherley 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
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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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