Whitiney Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Whitiney Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Whitiney (30) may also be a first name.
Whitiney Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whitiney Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Whitiney is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whitiney? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,193,072nd most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Whitiney occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Whitiney live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 40 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Whitiney is also the 1,911,214th most frequent first name in the world, held by 30 people.
The last name Whitiney is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Bungoma County, where 50 percent live and Kakamega County, where 50 percent live. Apart from Kenya this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent live and Brazil, where 20 percent live.
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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 Whitiney
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