Wetherington 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 3
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 9
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 11
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 21
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 10
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 6
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

Wales

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

Wetherington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Wetherington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 9
Living On Own Means 3
Box Maker 2
Mechanic 2
Civil Service Boy Assistant 2
Day Scholar 2
Educated At Home 2
Grocer 1
Gardiner 1
Nursemaid 1
School Mistress 1
Cotton Labourer At Print Works 1
Cotton Winder 1
Draper 1
General Labourer 1
Iron Moulder 1
Architect & Surveyor 1
Clerk Dock 1
Brick Maker 1
Currier 1
Inn Keeper 1
Labourer In Brick Works 1
Plate Layer Assistant 1
Insurnace Agent 1
Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Wetherington

Name Census Frequency
William Wetherington 45
Mary Wetherington 43
John Wetherington 37
Elizabeth Wetherington 24
George Wetherington 23
Sarah Wetherington 23
Joseph Wetherington 17
Thomas Wetherington 17
Ann Wetherington 12
James Wetherington 11
Jane Wetherington 11
Margaret Wetherington 11
Charles Wetherington 9
Henry Wetherington 9
Frederick Wetherington 6
Isabella Wetherington 6
Robert Wetherington 6
Catherine Wetherington 5
Eliza Wetherington 5
Emily Wetherington 5
Alice Wetherington 4
Edward Wetherington 4
Ellen Wetherington 4
Louisa Wetherington 4
Richard Wetherington 4

Wetherington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Witherington 92% 2,397
2 Wetherington 100% 508
3 Withrington 83% 478
4 Weatherington 92% 440

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The surname Wetherington is the 2nd most popular variant of Witherington.

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