The Weatherford surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,850 people carried this name — #4,016 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 8,589 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

19 families named Weatherford, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 111 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 12
South Carolina 4
North Carolina 3

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 267 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Weatherford in American newspapers,
1901–1903.

Newspaper page from The Wichita Daily Eagle carrying the name Weatherford
The Wichita Daily Eagle 1903-09-30
Newspaper page from Abilene Weekly Reflector carrying the name Weatherford
Abilene Weekly Reflector 1901-08-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,573 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Weatherford,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James K. Weatherford 1850–1935 · judge
  • Willis D. Weatherford 1875–1970 · author
  • Zadoc L. Weatherford 1888–1983 · politician
  • Theodore Weatherford 1906– · writer
  • Larry Weatherford 1949–2025 · basketball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Weatherford,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States485 records

485 records of the Weatherford name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 349
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 113
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John R. Weatherford

    Born 1916 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Houston; railroad clerk from Harris County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Ferris Memorial Park North, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jerry Glenn Weatherford

    Born 1950; from Waco, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, field artillery cannoneer; died in an accident 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John Q. Weatherford

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1876, died 1952; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 485 records for Weatherford in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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