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 found most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Witherson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Witherson are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 514,566th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, borne by 294 people.

Witherson is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 20,136,607. In The United States Witherson is mostly found in: Pennsylvania, where 78 percent live, Massachusetts, where 6 percent live and Ohio, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 5 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Witherson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Witherson has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Witherson last name decreased 59 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 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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