Whitefield Surname

118,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,873 people bear this surname

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

Whitefield Surname Definition:

Local. There are several places named Whitefield listed in the County Directory.

Whitefield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,0921:173,26017,448
England6301:88,4419,589
Scotland3061:17,4962,108
Australia2281:118,40213,082
Canada1811:203,56719,858
Honduras1161:76,0041,508
New Zealand1041:43,5427,204
South Africa671:808,62254,680
Jamaica331:86,9683,873
Cayman Islands211:3,043397
Wales191:162,87011,152
India131:59,005,029552,550
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
France11:66,422,722504,397
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4241:57,4896,779
Scotland1641:22,8242,152
Wales261:60,3242,968
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4021:124,92212,088

Whitefield (38) may also be a first name.

Whitefield Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Local. There are several places named Whitefield listed in the County Directory.

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

= Whitfield, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Whitefield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitefield has its highest incidence in The United States. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitefield? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 118,711th most widespread surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,881,628 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Whitefield live; 56 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. Whitefield is also the 1,662,754th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 38 people.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 2,092 people, or 1 in 173,260. In The United States Whitefield is most numerous in: Texas, where 20 percent reside, Tennessee, where 9 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States Whitefield is found in 37 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent reside and Scotland, where 8 percent reside.

Whitefield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whitefield has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whitefield surname rose 520 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 149 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it decreased 27 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Whitefield Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Whitefield last name are 7.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.57% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Whitefield earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 486.54% more than the national average, earning R 1,393,840 per year; in United States they earn 6.59% less than the national average, earning $40,306 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.64% more than the national average, earning $57,451 CAD per year.

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Whitefield Reference & Research

Whitfield DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Whitfield 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

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