Whitfild Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Whitfild Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitfild Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Whitfild Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitfild is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitfild? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,587,209th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Whitfild occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Whitfild live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 32,950,812. In The United States Whitfild is most frequent in: Texas, where 36 percent are found, Missouri, where 27 percent are found and Mississippi, where 18 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 8 percent are found.

Whitfild Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Whitfild has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Whitfild surname grew 367 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whitfild Last Name Statistics demography

Whitfild earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.15% less than the national average, earning $35,750 USD per year.

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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 Whitfild
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