Merriwether

English

Etymology

Variant of Merriweather.

Proper noun

Merriwether (plural Merriwethers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Merriwether is the 35147^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 641 individuals. Merriwether is most common among Black/African American (76.76%) and White (18.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Merriwether”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 579.