Whittemore Surname

64,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,757 people bear this surname

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

Whittemore Surname Definition:

= Whitmore, q.v.

Whittemore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,0711:51,2606,179
England3121:178,58416,169
Canada2261:163,03416,442
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
Australia391:692,19746,687
Wales161:193,40812,484
Panama91:434,6958,518
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1261:193,45515,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9071:26,3343,237

Whittemore Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Whitmore, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Whitmore (white moor), in Staffordshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Whittemore Last Name Facts

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

Whittemore has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittemore? popularity and diffusion

The last name Whittemore is the 64,499th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 939,480 people. The last name Whittemore is mostly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Whittemore reside; 91 percent reside in North America and 91 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Whittemore is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 7,071 people, or 1 in 51,260. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent reside, Massachusetts, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 6 percent reside. Other than The United States it occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Whittemore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Whittemore has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whittemore last name grew 371 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 248 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whittemore Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Whittemore surname are 5.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 52.2% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Whittemore earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.84% more than the national average, earning R 353,700 per year; in United States they earn 4.45% more than the national average, earning $45,067 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.94% more than the national average, earning $54,124 CAD per year.

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