Whitener Surname

72,115th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna

Whitener Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,8181:53,1626,384
Panama41:978,06412,245
China31:455,773,85521,925
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4961:101,24710,256

Whitener (16) may also be a first name.

Whitener Last Name Facts

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

Whitener has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Whitener.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitener? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 72,115th most common family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,065,275 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whitener are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name in the world, held by 16 people.

The last name Whitener is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 6,818 people, or 1 in 53,162. In The United States Whitener is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 16 percent are found, Missouri, where 13 percent are found and Georgia, where 10 percent are found. Besides The United States Whitener exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 0 percent are found and China, where 0 percent are found.

Whitener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whitener has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whitener last name expanded 1,375 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitener Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Whitener surname are 25.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 72.16% being registered to vote for the party.

Whitener earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.31% less than the national average, earning $42,151 USD per year.

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Whitener Reference & Research

Whitener-Weidner FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Whitener-Weidner FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Whitener
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