# 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
* 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