Witherford Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Witherford Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 138 | 1:403,754 | 27,757 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 36 | 1:677,094 | 32,515 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 1:2,183,421 | 107,224 |
Witherford Demographics
Average Witherford Salary in
England
£29,516
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Witherford Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witherford Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Witherford occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Witherford? popularity and diffusion
Witherford is the 1,484,726th most numerous family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. Witherford occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Witherford are found; 97 percent are found in Northern Europe and 97 percent are found in British Isles.
This last name is most widely held in England, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 403,754. In England it is primarily found in: Greater Manchester, where 38 percent reside, West Midlands, where 32 percent reside and Worcestershire, where 14 percent reside. Besides England Witherford occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent reside and Colombia, where 1 percent reside.
Witherford Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Witherford has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Witherford last name increased 383 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wetherford | 90 | 178 | / |
| Wutherford | 90 | 5 | / |
| Whiterford | 90 | 2 | / |
| Withorford | 90 | 1 | / |
| Weatherford | 86 | 12,563 | / |
| Westherford | 86 | 2 | / |
| Whetherford | 86 | 1 | / |
| Weterford | 84 | 0 | / |
| Wheatherford | 82 | 3 | / |
| Wweatherford | 82 | 1 | / |
| Weatherrford | 82 | 1 | / |
| Weathearford | 82 | 0 | / |
| Weaterford | 80 | 3 | / |
| Wheterford | 80 | 1 | / |
| Betherford | 80 | 1 | / |
| Wetherfort | 80 | 0 | / |
| Wetherferd | 80 | 0 | / |
| Weathorford | 76 | 4 | / |
| Weahterford | 76 | 4 | / |
| Wheaterford | 76 | 1 | / |
| Weathirford | 76 | 1 | / |
| Weatherferd | 76 | 0 | / |
| Witterfurth | 67 | 5 | / |
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Witherford 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 Witherford
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis