# Wetherbee (surname)

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

A surname from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,913 |
| US rank (2010) | 15,328 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 161,393 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (1,885 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant spelling of Wetherby.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wetherbee 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) | 97% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wetherbee in the United States.

## People named Wetherbee

- Jim Wetherbee, American astronaut

## Similar surnames

Weatherby, Weatherbee, Woodruff, Weatherford, Waterbury, Waterfield, Wedderburn, Watroba.

## 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.