Whitener Surname

72,115th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna

Whitener Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitener Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,8181:53,1626,384
Panama41:978,06412,245
China31:455,773,85521,925
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4961:101,24710,256

Whitener (16) may also be a first name.

Whitener Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whitener has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitener? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 72,115th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,065,275 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whitener reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Whitener is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 16 people.

Whitener is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 6,818 people, or 1 in 53,162. In The United States it is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 16 percent live, Missouri, where 13 percent live and Georgia, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 0 percent live and China, where 0 percent live.

Whitener Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whitener has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Whitener last name expanded 1,375 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 86 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitener Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whitener surname are 25.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.16% registered to vote for the party.

Whitener earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.31% less than the national average, earning $42,151 USD per year.

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Whitener Reference & Research

Whitener-Weidner FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Whitener-Weidner 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

  • 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Whitener
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