Weston is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Weston
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning: Worn in England and Scotland, means one who comes from a place called Weston, very common place name that evokes a fortress located in the west (= dun enclosure fortification).

How popular is Weston?

Weston is common in England.

Weston is ranked 7651 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Weston bearers increased by 3.881843 per cent in 2010 US census to 25637 since 2000, the surname slipped by 72 spots and ranked at 1380. The last name was found in around 87 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.94 73.33
Black 22.45 21.82
Hispanic or Latino 2.61 1.53
Others 2.06 1.67
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.41 1.21
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.52 0.45
Weston is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Antigua and Barbuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 70790 people have been found who wears Weston as their family name. Weston is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
45,901 Philippines10
497,106 Indonesia8
7,646 Japan7
18,614 Thailand5
24,455 Saudi Arabia5
9,391 Guyana5
2,537 Afghanistan4
13,428 Qatar4
16,136 Kenya3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
2,754 Namibia3
14,408 Uruguay2
20,837 Venezuela2
10,211 Bulgaria2
19,093 Finland2
4,164 Vietnam2
5,936 Bahrain2
40,064 Nigeria2
28,083 Romania2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
34,572 Israel2
11,736 Lithuania2
2,401 Honduras2
28,232 Morocco2
12,172 Ghana2
6,266 Luxembourg2
717 Bhutan1
2,190 Barbados1
11,510 Oman1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,374 Bermuda1
15,705 Cameroon1
7,895 South Korea1
17,575 Kuwait1
14,373 Jordan1
799 British Virgin Islands1
9,498 Iceland1
2,196 Liberia1
165,773 Belarus1
6,688 Malawi1
37,493 Austria1
5,924 Paraguay1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
13,447 Uganda1
10,683 Cyprus1
19,810 Croatia1
7,790 Zambia1
1,254 Gibraltar1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
53,505 Turkey1
21,562 Portugal1
40,340 Malaysia1
1,970 Grenada1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
13,773 Denmark39
269,016 Russia29
514 Isle of Man27
23,443 Norway26
37,949 United Arab Emirates26
643 United States Virgin Islands24
1,865 China24
606 Guernsey18
447,508 India18
1,163 Jersey17
186,451 Ukraine16
3,664 Costa Rica16
58,201 Czech Republic16
90,101 Germany15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,516 Hong Kong95
67,110 Italy90
19,475 Zimbabwe84
148 Antigua and Barbuda82
5,248 Singapore59
Countries with hundreds of Weston:
387 Wales903
1,051 Scotland761
16,634 France576
5,933 Peru399
1,933 Ireland251
14,064 Spain242
24,102 Poland239
16,087 Mexico236
1,267 Jamaica232
5,321 Hungary229
5,798 Switzerland207
49,962 Brazil207
1,175 Trinidad and Tobago166
13,267 Greece147
7,193 Chile135
40,399 Argentina119
2,133 Northern Ireland107
9,561 Colombia105
16,921 Belgium104
9,090 Sweden102
Countries with thousands of Weston:
428 Australia6,692
1,670 Canada3,059
2,392 South Africa2,721
2,906 Tanzania1,800
546 New Zealand1,212
Countries with ten thousands of Weston:
1,265 United States30,385
330 England18,569
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 19 years old workwoman Sarah Weston who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on July 21, 1849 by Napoleon put out from Belfast. 29 years old R.W. Weston, Workman Thomas Weston, Shoemaker Michael Weston, Mary Weston, aged 50, Fanny Weston (22) , John Weston, aged 30, 19 years old John Weston, Robert Weston, aged 25, John Weston (28) , and 21 other Weston around 77.27% of whom were workman while others worked as mechanic migrated to US.

Weston Namesakes

    Celia Weston, American actress in theater, film and television
  • Tom Weston-Jones, Actor
  • Kim Weston, Singer
  • Agnes Weston, Philanthropist
  • Agnes Weston, Philanthropist
  • Agnes Weston, Philanthropist
  • Olivia Weston, Film actress
  • Jack Weston, Film actor
  • Randy Weston, Jazz Pianist
  • Celia Weston, Character actress
  • Rodney Weston, Member of the Canadian House of Commons
  • Jean Weston characterized leading character of Sonya in 1968 drama movie Two Girls for a Madman.

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