Witherhead Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Witherhead Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. The wetherherd was a tender of rams. The change of the suffix -herd into -head was a natural one, and is now all but universal.
John le Wetherhurde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Read More About This SurnameWitherhead Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 11 | 1:402,715 | 14,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Witherhead Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. The wetherherd was a tender of rams. The change of the suffix -herd into -head was a natural one, and is now all but universal.
John le Wetherhurde, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
John Wetherhird. Issues of the Exchequer.
Johannes Wetherhyrd, faber, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Jonson Wetherhird (i.e. Thomas, the son of John Wetherherd), 1379: ibid.
Agnes Wederhead, of Hornby, 1580: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
1583-4. William Smithe, yeoman, and Joan Wetherhedd: Marriage Lic. (London).
1618. Edward Wethered, Oxfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.
1633. Bant. — Mary, d. Nicholas Wetherheael:
-ster as in spinster, was so much more popular that Weaver has not pushed its way into the directories so successfully as might have been expected. But in America it has prospered wonderfully. The simple Webb (which see) also took from the success of this name.
1522. George Wever: Register of the University of Oxford.
1585. Thomas Weaver, of Wettenhall, gent.: Wills at Chester.
1610. Married — Henrie Planncon, Dutchman, and Margrett Weaver: St. Peter, Cornhill.
1646. Cecilia Weever, of Warrington, widow: Wills at Chester.
Nicholas Weever, of Goosnargh, 1670: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.
WETHERHERD: From the occupation of 'wether-herd' or shepherd (Old English weder + hierde). Thomas dictus Wethyrhyrde held six bovates of land in Neucraneston, c. 1200 (Neubotle, p. 168). William Wytherhird of Berwickshire rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 210).
Weatherhead: Of local origin from some small place of the name (a hill), probably in Berwickshire. William Wedderat was burgess of Lauder in 1493 (Laing, 217), George Wedderheid or Weddirheid had a precept carte feodifirme in 1532 and another in 1542 (RSS., II, 1308, 4671), and Robert Wedderat was clerk of the diocese of St. Andrews and notary public in 1547 (RRM., III, p. 342). Payment was made to Robene Wedderate in renunciation of his tacks in 1567 (Dryburgh, p. 404). Andrew Wedderheid rendered to Exchequer the accounts of the burgh of Lauder in 1560 (ER., XIX, p. 117), and five years later we have sasine of land in Lauder to Andrew Wedderat (ibid., p. 544). Cuthbert Wedderet witnessed a sasine of 1541 (Home, 252), David Wedderhead is recorded in the parish of Makarstoune in 1559 (Lauder), Margaret Watherit in Skaithmoor, 1685 (RPC., 3. ser. X, p. 480), and the tenement of George Waderit is mentioned in 1692 (Retours, Berwick, 446). George Hume Weatherhead (c. 1790—1853) was author of several medical works and M. P. for Edinburgh, c. 1850, and T. C. Weatherhead was author of educational works for examination purposes. Wadderat 1632.
1. Local: "the bleak promontory?" 2. Perhaps a corruption of Wetherherd.
WETHERHERD: A shepherd-one who took care of wether-sheep. This name is ancient, occurring temp. Edward I.
Weatherhead was the name of the vicar of Thorp Arch, in the city of York, early last century (D.).
Witherhead Demographics
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Witherhead Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witherhead Come From? nationality or country of origin
Witherhead is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Witherhead? popularity and diffusion
Witherhead is the 4,206,983rd most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Witherhead is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Witherhead live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 27,881,456. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 92 percent reside and North Carolina, where 8 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 41 percent reside.
Witherhead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Witherhead has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Witherhead surname contracted 24 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Witherhead Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Witherhead last name is principally Anglican (64%) in Ireland.
Witherhead earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 63.67% less than the national average, earning $15,675 USD per year.
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