Whirter Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

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

Whirter Surname Definition:

A curtailed form of Macwhirter which see.

Whirter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Whirter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A curtailed form of Macwhirter which see.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Whirter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whirter is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Whirter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whirter? popularity and diffusion

The last name Whirter is the 5,057,639th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Whirter is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Whirter are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States Whirter is most common in: Michigan, where 25 percent reside, Alabama, where 17 percent reside and Arizona, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Ireland, where 13 percent reside and Liberia, where 7 percent reside.

Whirter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whirter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Whirter surname increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wirter922/
Wherter8611/
Weireter80143/
Whearter800/
Werter77302/
Wreter777/
Wärter773/
Birter772/
Wurter771/
Virter771/
Weyhreter7554/
Weirether7552/
Weihreter7515/
Weiretter7511/
Werther712,656/
Huerter71682/
Weihretter7124/
Weihrether7113/
Birther713/
Wärther711/
Vierter711/
Hberter711/
Wirthjr711/
Wurther710/
Wertier710/
Weerter710/
Wertter710/
Weyreter67106/
Wuertter678/
Houerter674/
Werthier670/
Wearther670/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Whirter
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