Weaver (surname)

At the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881, the frequency of the surname Weaver was highest in the following counties:[1]

As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest in the following countries and territories:

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]

As of 2014, the frequency of the surname was highest (over 10 times the national average) in the following U.S. counties:

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
• Buck Weaver (1890–1956), US baseball player
• "Charley Weaver", comic persona of Cliff Arquette
• 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), US actor
• Doodles Weaver (1911–1983), US comic and actor; brother of Pat Weaver, uncle of Sigourney Weaver
• Earl Weaver (1930–2013), Major League Baseball manager
• Edmund Weaver (astronomer) (1683–1748), astronomer
• Edmund Weaver (MP) (1610-1672), English member of the House of Commons
• Evan Weaver (born 1998), American football player
• Fawn Weaver, author, entrepreneur and historian
• George Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
• Harold F. Weaver (1917-2017), American astronomer AAS obituary
• Henry A. Weaver (1820–1890), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1857 to 1860.
• Henry Grady Weaver (1889–1949), author of The Mainspring of Human Progress, General Motors executive
• Iva Bigelow Weaver (1875-1932), American singer
• Jacki Weaver, an Australian theatre, film, and television actress
• James Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jered Weaver (born 1982), US baseball player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
• Jeff Weaver (born 1976), US baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers
• John Weaver (disambiguation), multiple people
• Kaitlyn Weaver (born 1989), American-Canadian Olympian in ice dancing
• Leonard Weaver, fullback for the Philadelphia Eagles
• Louise Weaver (born 1966), Australian artist
• Marjorie Weaver (1913–1994), American actress
• Mike Weaver (boxer) (born 1952), boxer
• Mike Weaver (ice hockey) (born 1978), NHL ice hockey player
• Nicky Weaver (born 1979), English footballer
• Sylvester "Pat" Weaver (1908–2002), US television executive, father of actress Sigourney Weaver, brother of Doodles Weaver
• Patty Weaver (born 1955), American actress
• Pauline Weaver (1797–1867), mountain man, trapper, prospector, scout for the Mormon Battalion and Civil War armies
• Randy Weaver, the initial reason and target of the Ruby Ridge siege.
• Richard C. Weaver, better known as the "Handshake Man"
• Richard M. Weaver (1910–1963), US scholar and author
• Richard Weaver (MP) (1575–1642), English member of the House of Commons
• 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 member of the House of Commons
• Sigourney Weaver (born 1949), US actress, daughter of Pat Weaver, and niece of Doodles Weaver
• Stanley B. Weaver (1925–2003), American politician and funeral director
• Warren Weaver (1894–1978), mathematician and author of Weaver's memorandum for machine translation
• William Weaver (1923–2013), translator
• Michael Weaver (1940-2015), American entrepreneur and investor
• Will Weaver, American basketball coach