Weaver (surname)

This article is about the surname Weaver. For other uses, see Weaver (disambiguation).

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. 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:

• 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. 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
• Johnette Gordon-Weaver, American historian
• 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 (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