How common is the surname Wetherbee?

1,913 people in the United States had the surname Wetherbee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,393 Americans. It ranked 15,328th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wetherbee?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wetherbee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Wetherbee?

Jim Wetherbee, American astronaut.

Where is the surname Wetherbee most common?

Wikidata records people named Wetherbee in the United States.

Is the surname Wetherbee getting more or less common?

More common. 1,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,913 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Wetherbee

A Norse surname, carried by 1,913 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W361

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wetherbee is more common than 90.6% of them.

Origin

Norse origin

Variant spelling of Wetherby.

One of 126 Norse surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,913 people named Wetherbee in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,393 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,885.

#15,328

rank among US surnames

1,913

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,498)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,322	Catano	1,915	161,225
#15,325	Irick	1,914	161,309
#15,328	Goudeau	1,913	161,393

Who is named Wetherbee

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

97% of people named Wetherbee identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wetherbees

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Wetherbee
American astronaut, born 1952

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wetherbee

Wetherbee has the Soundex code W361, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W361.

Other Norse surnames

All 126 Norse surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Wetherbee come from?: Variant spelling of Wetherby.
How common is the surname Wetherbee?: 1,913 people in the United States had the surname Wetherbee in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,393 Americans. It ranked 15,328th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wetherbee?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Wetherbee identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Wetherbee?: Jim Wetherbee, American astronaut.
Where is the surname Wetherbee most common?: Wikidata records people named Wetherbee in the United States.
Is the surname Wetherbee getting more or less common?: More common. 1,885 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,913 in 2010, up 1.5%.