Weaver (surname)
Appearance
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] Template:Multicol
- 1. Herefordshire (1: 328)
- 2. Worcestershire (1: 531)
- 3. Shropshire (1: 677)
- 4. Montgomeryshire (1: 875)
- 5. Somerset (1: 881)
- 6. Staffordshire (1: 990)
- 7. Radnorshire (1: 1,053)
- 8. Gloucestershire (1: 1,055)
- 9. Cheshire (1: 2,111)
- 10. Denbighshire (1: 2,191)
As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest in the following countries and territories: Template:Multicol
- 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] Template:Multicol
- 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: Template:Multicol
- 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, Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient
- Blayne Weaver (born 1976), US actor
- Buck Weaver (1890–1956), US baseball player
- "Charley Weaver", comic persona of Cliff Arquette
- Clement Weaver (1620–1683), member of House of Deputies, Colony of Rhode Island, 1678
- Dennis Weaver, (1924–2006), US actor
- Doodles Weaver (1911–1983), US comic and actor; brother of Pat Weaver, uncle of Sigourney Weaver
- Earl Weaver (1930–2013), Major League Baseball manager
- Edmund Weaver (astronomer) (1683–1748), astronomer
- Edmund Weaver (MP) (1610-1672), English member of the House of Commons
- George Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Henry A. Weaver (1820–1890), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1857 to 1860.
- Henry Grady Weaver (1889–1949), author of The Mainspring of Human Progress, General Motors executive
- Jacki Weaver, an Australian theatre, film, and television actress
- James Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jered Weaver (born 1982), US baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- Jeff Weaver (born 1976), US baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- John Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Leonard Weaver, fullback for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Mike Weaver (boxer) (born 1952), boxer
- Mike Weaver (ice hockey) (born 1978), NHL ice hockey player
- Nicky Weaver (born 1979), English footballer
- Sylvester "Pat" Weaver (1908–2002), US television executive, father of actress Sigourney Weaver, brother of Doodles Weaver
- Patty Weaver (born 1955), American actress
- Pauline Weaver (1797–1867), mountain man, trapper, prospector, scout for the Mormon Battalion and Civil War armies
- Randy Weaver, the initial reason and target of the Ruby Ridge siege.
- Richard C. Weaver, better known as the "Handshake Man"
- Richard M. Weaver (1910–1963), US scholar and author
- Richard Weaver (MP) (1575–1642), English member of the House of Commons
- 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 member of the House of Commons
- Sigourney Weaver (born 1949), US actress, daughter of Pat Weaver, and niece of Doodles Weaver
- Warren Weaver (1894–1978), mathematician and author of Weaver's memorandum for machine translation
- William Weaver (1923–2013), translator