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    The surname Weathers

    A surname, carried by 14,073 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W362

    Weathers: #2,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Weathers #2,568, 14,073 people Weathers: #2,568 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Weathers #2,568, 14,073 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weathers is more common than 98.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,073 people named Weathers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,939 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,376.

    #2,568
    rank among US surnames
    14,073
    people in 2010
    4.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,473)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,559Angeles14,12821,853
    #2,560Irizarry14,11421,875
    #2,562Rapp14,10721,886
    #2,563Foss14,09421,906
    #2,564McClelland14,09221,909
    #2,565Kilpatrick14,08721,917
    #2,566Daigle14,08421,922

    Who is named Weathers

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    60% of people named Weathers identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 34%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Weatherss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Carl Weathers
      American actor and football player (1948–2024)
    • Beck Weathers
      American writer, born 1946

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Weathers

    Weathers has the Soundex code W362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W362.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Weathers?
    14,073 people in the United States had the surname Weathers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,939 Americans. It ranked 2,568th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Weathers?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Weathers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Weathers?
    Carl Weathers, American actor and football player (1948–2024), followed by Beck Weathers.
    Where is the surname Weathers most common?
    Wikidata records people named Weathers in the United States.
    Is the surname Weathers getting more or less common?
    More common. 13,376 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,073 in 2010, up 5.2%.