Witherbee Surname

844,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 325 people bear this surname

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

Witherbee Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witherbee Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3161:1,147,02282,337
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1021:492,34034,768

Witherbee Last Name Facts

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

The last name Witherbee occurs most in The United States. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Witherbee? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 844,382nd most commonly held surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Witherbee live; 98 percent live in North America and 98 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Witherbee is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 316 people, or 1 in 1,147,022. In The United States it is most common in: Washington, where 18 percent live, Illinois, where 12 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Barring The United States Witherbee exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent live.

Witherbee Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Witherbee has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Witherbee surname rose 310 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Witherbee Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Witherbee last name are 1.38% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.85% being registered to vote for the political party.

Witherbee earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.79% more than the national average, earning $46,941 USD per year.

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Witherbee Reference & Research

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Witherbee
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