Weaver (surname) explained
Weaver is a surname.
Geographical Distribution
At the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname Weaver was highest in the following counties:[1]
As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest in the following countries and territories:
- 1. United States (1: 2,102)
- 2. Antigua and Barbuda (1: 2,105)
- 3. Wales (1: 3,813)
- 4. England (1: 4,658)
- 5. New Zealand (1: 4,731)
- 6. Cayman Islands (1: 5,041)
- 7. United States Virgin Islands (1: 5,911)
- 8. Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1: 6,081)
- 9. Australia (1: 6,952)
- 10. Canada (1: 8,207)
As of 2014, 85.5% of all known bearers of the surname Weaver were residents of the United States. The frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following U.S. states:[1]
- 1. Pennsylvania (1: 815)
- 2. Alabama (1: 1,017)
- 3. Georgia (1: 1,033)
- 4. Indiana (1: 1,157)
- 5. West Virginia (1: 1,163)
- 6. Ohio (1: 1,196)
- 7. Arkansas (1: 1,252)
- 8. Oklahoma (1: 1,328)
- 9. Tennessee (1: 1,343)
- 10. North Carolina (1: 1,449)
- 11. Virginia (1: 1,580)
- 12. Alaska (1: 1,605)
- 13. Idaho (1: 1,675)
- 14. South Carolina (1: 1,701)
- 15. Maryland (1: 1,834)
- 16. Montana (1: 1,842)
- 17. Mississippi (1: 1,854)
- 18. Kansas (1: 1,867)
- 19. Missouri (1: 1,880)
- 20. Oregon (1: 1,899)
- 21. Delaware (1: 1,918)
- 22. Utah (1: 1,949)
- 23. Colorado (1: 1,995)
- 24. Kentucky (1: 2,003)
- 25. Wyoming (1: 2,016)
- 26. Texas (1: 2,039)
- 27. Michigan (1: 2,062)
- 28. D.C. (1: 2,062)
As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest (over 10 times the national average) in the following U.S. counties:
- 1. Washington County, Ala. (1: 79)
- 2. Holmes County, Ohio (1: 101)
- 3. Petroleum County, Mont. (1: 101)
- 4. Granite County, Mont. (1: 121)
- 5. Gilmer County, Ga. (1: 126)
- 6. Clinton County, Pa. (1: 129)
- 7. Lancaster County, Pa. (1: 157)
- 8. Madison County, Va. (1: 159)
- 9. Ashe County, N.C. (1: 162)
- 10. Taylor County, W.Va. (1: 166)
- 11. Murray County, Ga. (1: 171)
- 12. Macon County, Ga. (1: 195)
- 13. Marion County, Ga. (1: 196)
- 14. Screven County, Ga. (1: 198)
- 15. Talbot County, Ga. (1: 202)
- 16. Edwards County, Texas (1: 209)
- 17. Mifflin County, Pa. (1: 210)
People
Notable people with the surname include:
- Al Weaver (born 1981), British stage actor
- Amos Weaver (1869–1937), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient
- Blayne Weaver (born 1976), US actor
- Brittanie Weaver, (born 1989), American fashion model
- Buck Weaver (1890–1956), US baseball player
- Claude Weaver (1867–1954), American politician
- Claude Weaver III (1923–1944), American-Canadian World War II flying ace
- Clement Weaver (1620–1683), member of House of Deputies, Colony of Rhode Island, 1678
- Curtis Weaver (born 1998), American football player
- Dennis Weaver (1924–2006), American actor
- Doodles Weaver (1911–1983), American comic and actor; brother of Pat, uncle of Sigourney
- Earl Weaver (1930–2013), American baseball manager
- Edmund Weaver (astronomer) (1683–1748), astronomer
- Edmund Weaver (MP) (1610-1672), English politician
- Evan Weaver (born 1998), American football player
- Fawn Weaver, author, entrepreneur, and historian
- George Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harriet Shaw Weaver (1876–1961), English political activist and magazine editor
- Henry A. Weaver (1820–1890), American politician from Pennsylvania
- Henry Grady Weaver (1889–1949), author of The Mainspring of Human Progress, General Motors executive
- Iva Bigelow Weaver (1875-1932), American singer
- Jacki Weaver, Australian actress
- James Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jered Weaver (born 1982), American baseball player
- Jeff Weaver (born 1976), American baseball player
- Joe Weaver (1934–2006), American blues and R&B pianist, singer and bandleader
- John Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Kaitlyn Weaver (born 1989), American-Canadian ice dancer
- Larrye Weaver (born 1931), American football player and coach
- Leonard Weaver, American football player
- Louise Weaver (born 1966), Australian artist
- Luke Weaver (baseball) (born 1993), American baseball player
- Marjorie Weaver (1913–1994), American actress
- Michael Weaver (disambiguation), several people
- Mike Weaver (boxer) (born 1952), boxer
- Mike Weaver (ice hockey) (born 1978), American ice hockey player
- Nicky Weaver (born 1979), English footballer
- Pat Weaver (1908–2002), American television executive, father of Sigourney, brother of Doodles
- Patty Weaver (born 1955), American actress
- Pauline Weaver (1797–1867), mountain man, trapper, prospector, scout for the Mormon Battalion and Civil War armies
- Rashad Weaver (born 1997), American football player
- Richard C. Weaver, better known as the "Handshake Man"
- Richard M. Weaver (1910–1963), American scholar and author
- Richard Weaver (MP) (1575–1642), English politician
- Robert C. Weaver (1907–1997), first US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and first African-American to hold cabinet-level position
- Robert Weaver (MP) (1630-1687), English politician
- Sam Weaver (1909–1985), English footballer
- Sam Weaver (baseball) (1855–1914), American baseball player
- Sigourney Weaver (born 1949), American actress, daughter of Pat Weaver, niece of Doodles
- Stanley B. Weaver (1925–2003), American politician and funeral director
- Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr. (see Pat Weaver, above)
- Warren Weaver (1894–1978), mathematician and author of Weaver's memorandum for machine translation
- William Weaver (1923–2013), translator
- Will Weaver (basketball), American basketball coach
See also
- Weaver W. Adams (1901–1963), American chess master, author, and opening theoretician
- Weaver Hawkins (1893–1977), English painter and printmaker
- Weaver Levy (1925–2018), Chinese American character actor
Notes and References
- http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/weaver#surnames Weaver Surname Distribution
