Whates Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Whates Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whates Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England641:870,59545,570
United States221:16,475,406557,260
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310

Whates Last Name Facts

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

Whates is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Whates? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,931,261st most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 70 percent of Whates live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 70 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 870,595. In England Whates is most numerous in: Greater London, where 27 percent reside, Essex, where 13 percent reside and Buckinghamshire, where 11 percent reside. Barring England it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Whates Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whates has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Whates surname increased 427 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whates Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Whates are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.

Whates earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.04% more than the national average, earning $47,913 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whaites92417/
Wheates920/
Wates911,305/
Wheaties861/
Waites837,369/
Waytes8381/
Wathes8370/
Wattes8348/
Waties8314/
Wateus833/
Watese832/
Whatis832/
Hbates831/
Watesh831/
Watess831/
Wateas830/
Weates830/
Watties77121/
Huastes7714/
Wateshe774/
Weathes773/
Watteus771/
Whethes771/
Waistes771/
Wachtes771/
Watesse771/
Wattese770/
Whettes770/
Waitees770/
Weateas770/
Bates73189,693/
Vates73367/
Watis73309/
Wetes7373/
Watex7314/
Wotes736/
Watys735/
Uates731/
Watez730/
Wattiess710/
Wattheus710/
Wattez67978/
Battes67422/
Wattis67313/
Weites67239/
Watiez67238/
Watisp67199/
Bautes67194/
Vattes67146/
Vaites6796/
Huetes6791/
Baites6780/
Wettes6775/
Vatesh6762/
Woites6752/
Baytes6751/
Beates6743/
Batesh6719/
Bateas6719/
Bateis6713/
Veates6713/
Batees6712/
Watise6711/
Batess6711/
Vathes678/
Bathes677/
Watais676/
Waterz674/
Watihs673/
Vastes672/
Wuetes672/
Woutes672/
Watiss672/
Wootes672/
Waitis672/
Wajtys671/
Wathis671/
Wautec671/
Vateas671/
Wojtes671/
Batesz671/
Uatese671/
Waitez671/
Whetez670/
Baates670/
Vaties670/
Wastis670/

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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
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  • 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 Whates
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