Witherton Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Witherton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witherton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Witherton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Witherton is more commonly found in England than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Witherton.

How Common Is The Last Name Witherton? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 11,742,229th most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. Witherton occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Witherton reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 55,718,059. In England Witherton is primarily concentrated in: Greater Manchester, where 100 percent are found. Other than England Witherton exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 50 percent are found.

Witherton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Witherton has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Witherton surname fell 94 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 90 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wetherton8961/
Witgerton891/
Whiterton891/
Witterton890/
Weatherton84454/
Whitterton841/
Whetherton840/
Weaterton784/
Betherton782/
Bitterton782/
Beterton711/
Betterton671,837/
Bittertan670/
Västertun566/

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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 Witherton
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