How common is the surname Weatherspoon?

5,409 people in the United States had the surname Weatherspoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,080 Americans. It ranked 6,310th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Weatherspoon?

Teresa Weatherspoon, American basketball player and coach, followed by Clarence Weatherspoon.

Where is the surname Weatherspoon most common?

Wikidata records people named Weatherspoon in the United States.

Is the surname Weatherspoon getting more or less common?

More common. 4,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,409 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Weatherspoon

A surname, carried by 5,409 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weatherspoon is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Variant of Witherspoon.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,409 people named Weatherspoon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,080 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,913.

#6,310

rank among US surnames

5,409

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,378)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,301	Aycock	5,422	56,943
#6,302	Weiser	5,421	56,954
#6,303	Galdamez	5,419	56,975
#6,304	Spiller	5,418	56,985
#6,305	Beason	5,414	57,027
#6,306	Legrand	5,413	57,038
#6,307	Stillman	5,411	57,059

Who is named Weatherspoon

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

80% of people named Weatherspoon identified as Black (not Hispanic), 14% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Weatherspoons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Teresa Weatherspoon
American basketball player and coach, born 1965
Clarence Weatherspoon
American basketball player (born 1970)
Quinndary Weatherspoon
American basketball player (born 1996)
Nick Weatherspoon
American basketball player (1950–2008)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weatherspoon

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

Questions

Where does the surname Weatherspoon come from?: Variant of Witherspoon.
How common is the surname Weatherspoon?: 5,409 people in the United States had the surname Weatherspoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,080 Americans. It ranked 6,310th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weatherspoon?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Weatherspoon identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 14% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Weatherspoon?: Teresa Weatherspoon, American basketball player and coach, followed by Clarence Weatherspoon.
Where is the surname Weatherspoon most common?: Wikidata records people named Weatherspoon in the United States.
Is the surname Weatherspoon getting more or less common?: More common. 4,913 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,409 in 2010, up 10%.