Find out how popular the last name Weavil is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Weavil.

Weavil, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Weavil surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Weavil in America

Weavil is the 54637th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Weavil surname appeared 377 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Weavil.

We can also compare 2010 data for Weavil to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Weavil

The surname Weavil is believed to have originated in England during the late medieval period, around the 13th or 14th century. It is thought to be a locational name, derived from a place name that may have referred to a weaver or a place where weavers lived or worked.

One theory suggests that the name may have come from the Old English word "wefel," which meant "weaver" or "web." This could indicate that the original bearer of the name was a weaver by trade or lived in an area associated with weaving.

Another possibility is that the name is derived from a place name that incorporated the word "weave" or a variation of it, such as "Weaverthorpe" or "Weaverham." These place names were relatively common in medieval England and may have given rise to the surname Weavil.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Weavil can be found in various historical documents from the 14th century onwards. One notable example is John Weavil, who was mentioned in the Court Rolls of Walsingham, Norfolk, in 1379.

In the 15th century, the name appeared in the form of "Wevyll" in the Paston Letters, a collection of correspondences between members of the influential Paston family in Norfolk. This spelling variation highlights the fluidity of surname spellings during that time period.

Moving into the 16th century, there are records of a William Weavil who lived in Oxfordshire and was mentioned in the Muster Rolls of 1522. Another individual named Thomas Weavil was recorded in the Subsidy Rolls of Gloucestershire in 1576.

One notable figure who bore the surname Weavil was Robert Weavil, a 17th-century English clergyman who served as the Rector of Beachamwell in Norfolk from 1662 until his death in 1688.

In the 18th century, the name was sometimes spelled as "Wevill," as evidenced by the records of Joseph Wevill, a merchant from York who lived from 1720 to 1792.

Throughout history, the surname Weavil has been relatively uncommon, but it has persisted in various regions of England, particularly in the counties of Norfolk, Gloucestershire, and Yorkshire.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Weavil

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Weavil.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Weavil was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Weavil has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Weavil was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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