Last Name WEATHERHEAD

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The wether-herd. The wether-heard was a tender of rams. The change of the suffix '-herd' into '-head' was a natural one, and is now all but universal.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 31,563 (2000 US census) 21,809 (1990 US census)
Count 693 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.22%, or 646 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.74%, or 19 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.01%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.73%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

 How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

English surnames

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Belarus middle names

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