Whitehair Surname

198,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Whitehair Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitehair Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6421:220,74221,418
Australia2831:95,39110,845
England1531:364,17025,923
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2381:211,00318,126

Whitehair Last Name Facts

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

Whitehair is most common in The United States. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Whitehair.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitehair? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 198,459th most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,458,731 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Whitehair live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 1,642 people, or 1 in 220,742. In The United States it is most prevalent in: West Virginia, where 19 percent reside, Ohio, where 13 percent reside and Arizona, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States Whitehair occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 13 percent reside and England, where 7 percent reside.

Whitehair Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whitehair has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whitehair surname expanded 690 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 319 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitehair Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Whitehair surname are 10.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.1% being registered with the party.

The amount Whitehair earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 26.65% less than the national average, earning R 174,312 per year and in United States they earn 15.96% less than the national average, earning $36,264 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whitehar941/
Whitehart89103/
Whitehare891/
Whitehard891/
Whitehaer891/
Whitear88632/
Whiteheard841/
Whithear82162/
Whittear8211/
Whitiear821/
Wetehair820/
Whitehour780/
Whiticear780/
Bitehar7565/
Whitier7512/
Wittear750/
Whittier714,057/
Whitiher712/
Whittiar710/
Whiteour710/
Whietier710/
Whitiere710/
Whittyer710/
Witiar6717/
Witier678/
Wityer671/

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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 Whitehair
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