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• Weatherspoon, Wotherspoon

語源

Scottish habitational surname, perhaps from 中期英語 wether (“ram”) + spong (“narrow strip of land”).

固有名詞

Witherspoon (plural Witherspoons)

1. A surname from Middle English.
   • 2023 July 6, Erin Griffith, David Yaffe-Bellany, “How Tom Brady’s Crypto Ambitions Collided With Reality”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Witherspoon is the 2736 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13171 individuals. Witherspoon is most common among Black/African American (62.08%) and White (32.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Witherspoon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.