Whitelow Surname

480,002nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 695 people bear this surname

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

Whitelow Surname Definition:

From Anglo-Saxon hwít-hlaw, the white heap, barrow, or small hill. See Law. The inflammation called whitlow is said to be derived from hwít-low, a white flame.

Whitelow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6331:572,60546,957
England531:1,051,28451,324
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England361:677,09432,515
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

Whitelow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Anglo-Saxon hwít-hlaw, the white heap, barrow, or small hill. See Law. The inflammation called whitlow is said to be derived from hwít-low, a white flame.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Whitelow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitelow occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitelow? popularity and diffusion

Whitelow is the 480,002nd most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,485,678 people. Whitelow occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Whitelow reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 68 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 633 people, or 1 in 572,605. In The United States Whitelow is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 18 percent live, Michigan, where 8 percent live and Indiana, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States Whitelow occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent live and Argentina, where 1 percent live.

Whitelow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whitelow has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whitelow surname increased 1,217 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 147 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitelow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Whitelow surname are 2.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.07% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Whitelow earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 31.88% less than the national average, earning R 161,868 per year and in United States they earn 32.7% less than the national average, earning $29,039 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whitelowe942/
Whitelaw888,733/
Waitelow881/
Whitleow881/
Whhitelaw821/
Bitelow803/
Witelaw801/
Whytelaw755/
Witeluws751/
Vittelow751/
Whiteluf750/
Whitelauf710/
Vitelov6714/
Vitilow670/

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