# Weatherspoon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/weatherspoon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,409 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,310 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,080 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (4,913 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Witherspoon.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Weatherspoon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Weatherspoon in the United States.

## People named Weatherspoon

- Teresa Weatherspoon, American basketball player and coach
- Clarence Weatherspoon, American basketball player (born 1970)
- Quinndary Weatherspoon, American basketball player (born 1996)
- Nick Weatherspoon, American basketball player (1950–2008)

## Similar surnames

Witherspoon, Weathers, Weathersby, Watterson, Weatherwax, Waters, Waiters, Withers, Watters, Whitehurst, Waterhouse, Watrous.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.