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
- 2. Worcestershire
- 3. Shropshire
- 4. Montgomeryshire
- 5. Somerset
- 6. Staffordshire
- 7. Radnorshire
- 8. Gloucestershire
- 9. Cheshire
- 10. Denbighshire
- 1. United States
- 2. Antigua and Barbuda
- 3. Wales
- 4. England
- 5. New Zealand
- 6. Cayman Islands
- 7. United States Virgin Islands
- 8. Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- 9. Australia
- 10. Canada
- 1. Pennsylvania
- 2. Alabama
- 3. Georgia
- 4. Indiana
- 5. West Virginia
- 6. Ohio
- 7. Arkansas
- 8. Oklahoma
- 9. Tennessee
- 10. North Carolina
- 11. Virginia
- 12. Alaska
- 13. Idaho
- 14. South Carolina
- 15. Maryland
- 16. Montana
- 17. Mississippi
- 18. Kansas
- 19. Missouri
- 20. Oregon
- 21. Delaware
- 22. Utah
- 23. Colorado
- 24. Kentucky
- 25. Wyoming
- 26. Texas
- 27. Michigan
- 28. D.C.
- 1. Washington County, Ala.
- 2. Holmes County, Ohio
- 3. Petroleum County, Mont.
- 4. Granite County, Mont.
- 5. Gilmer County, Ga.
- 6. Clinton County, Pa.
- 7. Lancaster County, Pa.
- 8. Madison County, Va.
- 9. Ashe County, N.C.
- 10. Taylor County, W.Va.
- 11. Murray County, Ga.
- 12. Macon County, Ga.
- 13. Marion County, Ga.
- 14. Screven County, Ga.
- 15. Talbot County, Ga.
- 16. Edwards County, Texas
- 17. Mifflin County, Pa.
People
Notable people with the surname include:- Al Weaver, British stage actor
- Amos Weaver, Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient
- Blayne Weaver, US actor
- Brittanie Weaver,, American fashion model
- Buck Weaver, US baseball player
- Claude Weaver, American politician
- Claude Weaver III, American-Canadian World War II flying ace
- Clement Weaver, member of House of Deputies, Colony of Rhode Island, 1678
- Curtis Weaver, American football player
- Dennis Weaver, American actor
- Doodles Weaver, American comic and actor; brother of Pat, uncle of Sigourney
- Earl Weaver, American baseball manager
- Edmund Weaver (astronomer), astronomer
- Edmund Weaver (MP), English politician
- Ellen Armstrong Weaver, Hawaiian clubwoman
- Evan Weaver, American football player
- Fawn Weaver, author, entrepreneur, and historian
- George Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist and magazine editor
- Henry A. Weaver, American politician from Pennsylvania
- Henry Grady Weaver, author of The Mainspring of Human Progress, General Motors executive
- Iva Bigelow Weaver, American singer
- J. J. Weaver, American football player
- Jacki Weaver, Australian actress
- James Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Jeff Weaver, American baseball player
- Jered Weaver, American baseball player
- Joe Weaver, American blues and R&B pianist, singer and bandleader
- John Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
- Johnette Gordon-Weaver, American historian
- Kaitlyn Weaver, American-Canadian ice dancer
- Larrye Weaver, American football player and coach
- Lee Weaver, American actor
- Leonard Weaver, American football player
- Louise Weaver, Australian artist
- Luke Weaver, American baseball player
- Marjorie Weaver, American actress
- Michael Weaver (disambiguation), several people
- Mike Weaver (boxer), American boxer
- Mike Weaver (ice hockey), American ice hockey player
- Nicky Weaver, English footballer
- Pat Weaver, American television executive, father of Sigourney, brother of Doodles
- Patty Weaver, American actress
- Pauline Weaver, mountain man, trapper, prospector, scout for the Mormon Battalion and Civil War armies
- Rashad Weaver, American football player
- Richard C. Weaver, better known as the "Handshake Man"
- Richard M. Weaver, American scholar and author
- Richard Weaver (MP), English politician
- Robert C. Weaver, first US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and first African-American to hold cabinet-level position
- Robert Weaver (MP), English politician
- Sam Weaver, English footballer
- Sam Weaver (baseball), American baseball player
- Sigourney Weaver, American actress, daughter of Pat Weaver, niece of Doodles
- Stanley B. Weaver, American politician and funeral director
- Sylvester Laflin "Pat" Weaver Jr.
- Warren Weaver, mathematician and author of Weaver's memorandum for machine translation
- William Weaver, translator
- Will Weaver (basketball), American basketball coach