Witherson Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

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

Witherson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witherson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States441:1,141,33465,198

Witherson (294) may also be a first name.

Witherson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Witherson is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Witherson? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,427,875th most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Witherson reside; 95 percent reside in North America and 95 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Witherson is also the 514,566th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 294 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 20,136,607. In The United States Witherson is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 78 percent are found, Massachusetts, where 6 percent are found and Ohio, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Witherson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Witherson has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 59 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Witherson Last Name Statistics demography

Witherson earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 54.52% less than the national average, earning $19,625 USD per year.

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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 Witherson
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