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:Weaver Surname Distribution
Herefordshire (1: 328) Worcestershire (1: 531) Shropshire (1: 677) Montgomeryshire (1: 875) Somerset (1: 881) Staffordshire (1: 990) Radnorshire (1: 1,053) Gloucestershire (1: 1,055) Cheshire (1: 2,111) Denbighshire (1: 2,191)
As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest in the following countries and territories:
United States (1: 2,102) Antigua and Barbuda (1: 2,105) Wales (1: 3,813) England (1: 4,658) New Zealand (1: 4,731) Cayman Islands (1: 5,041) United States Virgin Islands (1: 5,911) Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1: 6,081) Australia (1: 6,952) 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:
Pennsylvania (1: 815) Alabama (1: 1,017) Georgia (1: 1,033) Indiana (1: 1,157) West Virginia (1: 1,163) Ohio (1: 1,196) Arkansas (1: 1,252) Oklahoma (1: 1,328) Tennessee (1: 1,343) North Carolina (1: 1,449) Virginia (1: 1,580) Alaska (1: 1,605) Idaho (1: 1,675) South Carolina (1: 1,701) Maryland (1: 1,834) Montana (1: 1,842) Mississippi (1: 1,854) Kansas (1: 1,867) Missouri (1: 1,880) Oregon (1: 1,899) Delaware (1: 1,918) Utah (1: 1,949) Colorado (1: 1,995) Kentucky (1: 2,003) Wyoming (1: 2,016) Texas (1: 2,039) Michigan (1: 2,062) 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:
Washington County, Ala. (1: 79) Holmes County, Ohio (1: 101) Petroleum County, Mont. (1: 101) Granite County, Mont. (1: 121) Gilmer County, Ga. (1: 126) Clinton County, Pa. (1: 129) Lancaster County, Pa. (1: 157) Madison County, Va. (1: 159) Ashe County, N.C. (1: 162) Taylor County, W.Va. (1: 166) Murray County, Ga. (1: 171) Macon County, Ga. (1: 195) Marion County, Ga. (1: 196) Screven County, Ga. (1: 198) Talbot County, Ga. (1: 202) Edwards County, Texas (1: 209) 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 Dorman Weaver (died 1971), American politician Earl Weaver (1930–2013), American baseball manager Edmund Weaver (astronomer) (1683–1748), astronomer Edmund Weaver (MP) (1610–1672), English politician Ellen Armstrong Weaver (1844–1924), Hawaiian clubwoman Evan Weaver (born 1998), American football player Fawn Weaver, author, entrepreneur, and historian George Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people Harold Francis Weaver (1917–2017), American astronomer 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 J. J. Weaver (born 1999), American football player Jacki Weaver, Australian actress James Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people Jeff Weaver (born 1976), American baseball player Jered Weaver (born 1982), 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 Lee Weaver (1930–2025), American actor 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 1951), American 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 Reece Weaver (born 2002), American cheerleader, actress and author 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 Weavers (surname)
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