How common is the surname Wetherell?

2,086 people in the United States had the surname Wetherell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,008 Americans. It ranked 14,342nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wetherell?

M. A. Wetherell, British actor.

Where is the surname Wetherell most common?

Wikidata records people named Wetherell in South Africa.

Is the surname Wetherell getting more or less common?

More common. 1,839 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,086 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Wetherell

A surname, carried by 2,086 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W364

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wetherell is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,086 people named Wetherell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,008 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,839.

#14,342

rank among US surnames

2,086

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+13.4%

change since 2000 (was #14,805)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,338	Ecklund	2,087	147,937
#14,342	Rogowski	2,086	148,008
#14,349	Moir	2,085	148,079

Who is named Wetherell

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

95% of people named Wetherell identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wetherells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

M. A. Wetherell
British actor, 1883–1939

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wetherell

Wetherell has the Soundex code W364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W364.

Questions

How common is the surname Wetherell?: 2,086 people in the United States had the surname Wetherell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,008 Americans. It ranked 14,342nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wetherell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wetherell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Wetherell?: M. A. Wetherell, British actor.
Where is the surname Wetherell most common?: Wikidata records people named Wetherell in South Africa.
Is the surname Wetherell getting more or less common?: More common. 1,839 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,086 in 2010, up 13%.