How common is the surname Weedon?

1,140 people in the United States had the surname Weedon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. It ranked 22,543rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Weedon getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,339 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,140 in 2010, down 15%.

The surname Weedon

An English place surname, carried by 1,140 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weedon is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English wēoh (“pre-Christian idol”) + dun (“hill”).

Weedon is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,140 people named Weedon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. That is down 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,339.

#22,543

rank among US surnames

1,140

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-14.9%

change since 2000 (was #18,875)

Who is named Weedon

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

62% of people named Weedon identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 62%
Black (not Hispanic) 30%
Two or more races 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weedon

Weedon has the Soundex code W350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W350.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Weedon come from?: From Old English wēoh (“pre-Christian idol”) + dun (“hill”).
How common is the surname Weedon?: 1,140 people in the United States had the surname Weedon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 270,829 Americans. It ranked 22,543rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weedon?: In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Weedon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Weedon?: Weedon is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Weedon getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,339 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,140 in 2010, down 15%.