Weaver (surname)

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
 * 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