Witherup Surname

1,163,787th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 205 people bear this surname

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

Witherup Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Witherup Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1901:1,907,679123,720
England141:3,979,861125,553
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States641:784,66749,209

Witherup Last Name Facts

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

Witherup is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Witherup? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,163,787th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. Witherup occurs mostly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Witherup are found; 91 percent are found in North America and 91 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 1,907,679. In The United States Witherup is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 40 percent reside, Ohio, where 13 percent reside and Maryland, where 12 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 7 percent reside and South Africa, where 0 percent reside.

Witherup Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Witherup has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 297 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 280 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Witherup Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Witherup last name are 21.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.75% registered with the party.

Witherup earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.59% less than the national average, earning $41,602 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 Witherup
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