Whiteman Surname

28,643rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Whiteman Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. ; v. Wightman. (2) Nick. 'the white man,' from the pallid appearance of the bearer; compare Blackman and Greenman.

Agnes Wyteman, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Wyteman, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

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Whiteman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,4201:34,7854,336
England3,4221:16,2822,358
Australia1,5161:17,8072,492
Canada9761:37,7524,764
New Zealand6311:7,1761,222
South Africa5581:97,09311,826
Trinidad and Tobago1971:6,9241,046
Wales1441:21,4902,281
Scotland1321:40,5593,794
Nigeria1141:1,553,88458,636
Grenada1141:952178
Northern Ireland791:23,3552,670
Jamaica701:40,9992,613
Brazil401:5,351,858134,966
Isle of Man371:2,320450
Jersey291:3,421664
Colombia261:1,837,46411,767
Panama211:186,2985,509
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Cayman Islands201:3,195435
Russia181:8,006,836292,169
Argentina171:2,514,318114,515
Ireland161:294,30910,207
Sweden101:984,67673,605
France101:6,642,272293,169
Belgium91:1,277,40587,318
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
India71:109,580,769786,157
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
China21:683,660,78330,601
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland431:103,0206,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,8631:13,0841,977
Scotland391:95,9804,885
Wales371:42,3902,234
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,5041:20,0552,532

Whiteman (425) may also be a first name.

Whiteman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. ; v. Wightman. (2) Nick. 'the white man,' from the pallid appearance of the bearer; compare Blackman and Greenman.

Agnes Wyteman, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Wyteman, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Thomas Wyteman, Oxfordshire, ibid.

William Wytman, Huntingdonshire, ibid.

1607. Buried — John, s. Peter Whitman, vintner: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1637-8. Christopher Whiteman and Alice Aldrington: Marriage Lic. (Westminster).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

1 = White (q.v.) + man.

2 for Wightman, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) The light-complexioned or white-haired man.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Possibly the antithesis of Blackman; but more probably the same as Wightman.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the Dutch, Witman; in the Domesday Book, Wihtmar; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Whiteman Last Name Facts

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

Whiteman is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Whiteman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whiteman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Whiteman is the 28,643rd most common family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 388,773 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Whiteman reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 416,660th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 425 people.

Whiteman is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 10,420 people, or 1 in 34,785. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent live, New York, where 6 percent live and Indiana, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 72 countries. It is also common in England, where 18 percent live and Australia, where 8 percent live.

Whiteman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whiteman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whiteman surname rose 416 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 184 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 389 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 338 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 63 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Whiteman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Whiteman last name is primarily Anglican (47%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Whiteman last name are 15.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.42% being registered with the party.

The amount Whiteman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 44.78% more than the national average, earning R 344,064 per year; in Colombia they earn 55.09% less than the national average, earning $10,195,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.43% more than the national average, earning $44,631 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.27% less than the national average, earning $47,560 CAD per year.

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Whiteman Reference & Research

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

Whitman 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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