Whitesides Surname

146,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,038 people bear this surname

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

Whitesides Surname Definition:

Probably from some personal peculiarity. In the H.R. of temp. Edw. I. there is a "Ricardus BlawncCoste." Whitside also occurs there.

Whitesides Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9681:122,12213,028
England371:1,505,89364,828
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7701:28,3723,474

Whitesides Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Probably from some personal peculiarity. In the H.R. of temp. Edw. I. there is a "Ricardus BlawncCoste." Whitside also occurs there.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Whitesides Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whitesides is found most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Whitesides click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitesides? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 146,026th most widespread surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 2,398,797 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 88 percent of Whitesides live; 88 percent live in North America and 88 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Whitesides is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,968 people, or 1 in 122,122. In The United States Whitesides is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 19 percent live, Nevada, where 18 percent live and South Carolina, where 10 percent live. Not including The United States this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Whitesides Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whitesides has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 168 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it declined 14 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 67 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Whitesides Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States Whitesides are 19.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.9% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Whitesides earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 0.17% less than the national average, earning $43,075 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.87% more than the national average, earning $69,986 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Whitesides
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis