Whetten Surname

501,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 655 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Whetten Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whetten Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5951:609,17549,462
Mexico531:2,342,00420,289
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Whetten Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Whetten Come From? nationality or country of origin

Whetten is most common in The United States. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whetten? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 501,935th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 11,126,024 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Whetten are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Whetten is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 595 people, or 1 in 609,175. In The United States it is most frequent in: Arizona, where 33 percent are found, Utah, where 17 percent are found and Texas, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States Whetten occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 8 percent are found and Chile, where 1 percent are found.

Whetten Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whetten has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whetten last name grew 1,322 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whetten Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Whetten surname are 41.54% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 88.31% registered with the party.

Whetten earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.9% more than the national average, earning $43,967 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wheatten930/
Wetten92491/
Wheten9288/
Whettn922/
Whitten8623,751/
Huetten86125/
Wheaten8690/
Weitten8657/
Whettem867/
Whotten861/
Wetteen861/
Whethen861/
Wheuten861/
Weatten860/
Whatten860/
Wheeten860/
Whettin860/
Weten83115/
Vwhitten801/
Whitteng801/
Whattaen801/
Whittien800/
Whetting800/
Witten776,022/
Betten772,640/
Whiten771,946/
Vetten77703/
Weiten77682/
Wieten77405/
Wotten77274/
Watten77243/
Wettin77168/
Weyten77160/
Weuten7719/
Whyten775/
Woeten774/
Whaten774/
Hueten774/
Whittn773/
Weeten773/
Waeten772/
Weaten771/
Wehten771/
Wejten771/
Wettén771/
Weteen771/
Wettem771/
Whoten770/
Whittem71166/
Westeng71155/
Wijtten7170/
Whittin7143/
Weisten7142/
Wattien7135/
Weijten7116/
Wuesten7114/
Beheten7110/
Wattaen717/
Betteen716/
Whiteen713/
Whiteng713/
Whathen712/
Huesten712/
Wuitten712/
Beatten711/
Waitten711/
Whitend711/
Whittne711/
Wheatin711/
Whidten711/
Whittng711/
Wichten711/
Weituen711/
Whattin711/
Houeten711/
Weitien711/
Whithen710/
Whitent710/
Watteen710/
Westenn710/
Whitien710/
Wheting710/
Wechten710/
Waatten710/
Vuetten710/
Weehten710/
Westtem710/
Wietien710/
Woten67429/
Veten67246/
Beten67242/
Watthaen67146/
Waten67137/
Wheating6793/
Witen6767/
Wyten6765/
Weitting6734/
Wetin6716/
Weisteen6715/
Wetne6714/
Ueten6714/
Wheeting677/
Wechteng676/
Huetting675/
Bettn672/
Westn672/
Wetem672/
Wittn671/
Whitn671/
Whathien671/
Woetthin671/
D'Witten671/
Wechtend671/
Westting670/
Whitehen670/
Whittion670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Whetten
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