# Withers (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 11,381 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,176 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 27,128 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.6% (10,782 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Withers 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Withers in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Withers

- Bill Withers, American musician (1938–2020)
- Jane Withers, American actress (1926-2021)
- Googie Withers, British actress and entertainer (1917–2011)
- Grant Withers, American film actor (1905-1959)
- Tyriq Withers, American actor
- Garrett Withers, American politician (1884–1953)
- Walter Withers, Australian painter (1854-1914)

## Similar surnames

Weathers, Waters, Waiters, Witherspoon, Watters, Whitehurst, Wauters, Weatherspoon, Weathersby, Waterhouse, Watterson, Watrous.

## 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.