Whithead Surname

889,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 302 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Whithead Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whithead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2121:1,709,712113,287
England601:928,63447,428
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3991:61,0917,127
Scotland151:249,5488,553
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4151:121,00911,786

Whithead Last Name Facts

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

Whithead is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Whithead? popularity and diffusion

The last name Whithead is the 889,654th most prevalent last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Whithead are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 68 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Whithead is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 212 people, or 1 in 1,709,712. In The United States Whithead is primarily concentrated in: Georgia, where 13 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Whithead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whithead has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Whithead last name fell 49 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 85 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it fell 60 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whithead Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Whithead last name is predominantly Catholic (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Whithead last name are 13.89% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.66% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Whithead earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 13.69% less than the national average, earning $37,242 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.22% less than the national average, earning $41,624 CAD 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
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  • 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 Whithead
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