Whithney Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

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

Whithney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whithney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Whithney (15) may also be a first name.

Whithney Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whithney is found most frequently in The United States. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Whithney? popularity and diffusion

The surname Whithney is the 10,311,814th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whithney are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Whithney is mostly concentrated in: Florida, where 50 percent reside and New Hampshire, where 50 percent reside. Other than The United States it is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 33 percent reside.

Whithney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whithney has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Whithney surname grew 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Whithney
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