Wether Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 8
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 1
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 6
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Wether Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wether family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 5
Female Servant 4
Shoe Maker 2
Independent 1
Male Servant 1
Carpenter 1
Grocer's Apprentice 1
Tailor 1
Ag Labourer 1
Cloth Worker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wether

Name Census Frequency
William Wether 19
John Wether 17
Elizabeth Wether 14
Mary Wether 14
George Wether 10
Charles Wether 9
James Wether 9
Thomas Wether 8
Ann Wether 7
Eliza Wether 6
Ellen Wether 6
Henry Wether 6
Jane Wether 6
Margaret Wether 6
Alfred Wether 5
Emily Wether 5
Joseph Wether 5
Samuel Wether 5
Arthur Wether 4
Edward Wether 4
Maria Wether 4
Robert Wether 4
Sarah Wether 4
Catherine Wether 3
Christopher Wether 3

Wether Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wither 83% 2,122
2 Wather 83% 972
3 Weather 86% 874
4 Wether 100% 272

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The surname Wether is the 4th most popular variant of Wither.

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