Whetstone Surname

61,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,204 people bear this surname

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

Whetstone Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Whetstone,' a parish in Leicestershire, five miles from the capital. Also a hamlet, partly in Hertfordshire and partly in Middlesex.

1615. Edward Whytestone, or Whetstone, Bedfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Whetstone Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,2881:49,7346,026
England3831:145,47814,025
Canada3141:117,34312,424
Australia1831:147,51715,697
Israel111:777,96750,646
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3201:76,1738,307
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1821:42,4864,955

Whetstone (15) may also be a first name.

Whetstone Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Whetstone,' a parish in Leicestershire, five miles from the capital. Also a hamlet, partly in Hertfordshire and partly in Middlesex.

1615. Edward Whytestone, or Whetstone, Bedfordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1719. Married — John Whetstone and Jane Price: St. Antholin (London).

1750. — Nicholas Wetstone and Mary Bowman: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

1752. — Edward Whetstone and Margaret Watkins: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Whetstone = the White Stone or Stone Castle [Old English hwít + stán]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in co. Leicester, and a hamlet in the parish of Tideswell, co. Derby.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Whetstone, name of places in cos. Derby, Leicester, and Middlesex. Hence, by corruption, Wheatstone. See Smalstone.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Whetstone Last Name Facts

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

Whetstone is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whetstone? popularity and diffusion

Whetstone is the 61,294th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 888,292 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Whetstone are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 15 people.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 7,288 people, or 1 in 49,734. In The United States it is most numerous in: California, where 8 percent are found, Texas, where 8 percent are found and Alabama, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Whetstone Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whetstone has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 617 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 120 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whetstone Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Whetstone last name are 17.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.53% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Whetstone earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.93% less than the national average, earning $40,591 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.14% more than the national average, earning $52,237 CAD per year.

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