# Weymouth (surname)

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

A habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,621 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,406 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 190,466 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.8% (1,668 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈweɪ.məθ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

In England, from Wey + mouth, referring to that river's mouth. The village in Nova Scotia is named after the city in Massachusetts.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Weymouth 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) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Weymouth in the United States.

## People named Weymouth

- Tina Weymouth, American musician

## Similar surnames

Wendt, Wyant, Wind, Weyant, Wint, Weyand, Winnett, Weyandt, Wente, Wehunt, Wand.

## 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.