Whitehorse Surname

689,921st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 429 people bear this surname

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

Whitehorse Surname Definition:

WHITEHORSE: Camden, speaking of surnames derived from signs of inns and houses, mentions "George at the Whitehorse" as an individual living near his own times, who had been so called from his sign. The Henry Blaunchival French blanc cheval) of the H.

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Whitehorse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3981:910,70168,500
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
England41:13,929,515290,718
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Whitehorse (12) may also be a first name.

Whitehorse Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

WHITEHORSE: Camden, speaking of surnames derived from signs of inns and houses, mentions "George at the Whitehorse" as an individual living near his own times, who had been so called from his sign. The Henry Blaunchival French blanc cheval) of the H.R. probably took his name from the colour of his horse.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

WHITEHORSE: Corrupted from Whitehouse; from Whitehouse, a village in the parish of Tough, co. Aberdeen. There is also Whitehouse Abbey, a village of Ireland, Ulster.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Whitehorse Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitehorse occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitehorse? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 689,921st most commonly used family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 96 percent of Whitehorse are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Whitehorse is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent forename internationally, held by 12 people.

This last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 398 people, or 1 in 910,701. In The United States it is most frequent in: Utah, where 18 percent are found, New Mexico, where 17 percent are found and Arizona, where 15 percent are found. Aside from The United States it is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 3 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Whitehorse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whitehorse has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Whitehorse last name increased 3,062 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitehorse Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Whitehorse are 25.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.79% registered with the party.

The amount Whitehorse earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 3.32% less than the national average, earning $41,715 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.34% more than the national average, earning $55,812 CAD per year.

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