Whiting Surname
Approximately 42,863 people bear this surname
Whiting Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. I think there can be no question of two separate origins, but the first I cannot exactly elucidate; compare the many hamlets called Whittington and Whittingham, where the Anglo-Saxon family suffix comes in.
Read More About This SurnameWhiting Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22,315 | 1:16,243 | 2,059 |
| England | 11,345 | 1:4,911 | 679 |
| Australia | 4,695 | 1:5,750 | 838 |
| Canada | 1,846 | 1:19,960 | 2,773 |
| New Zealand | 947 | 1:4,782 | 773 |
| South Africa | 507 | 1:106,859 | 12,889 |
| Wales | 273 | 1:11,335 | 1,260 |
| Scotland | 197 | 1:27,177 | 2,903 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Philippines | 62 | 1:1,632,875 | 108,878 |
| Thailand | 49 | 1:1,441,599 | 197,614 |
| Northern Ireland | 44 | 1:41,933 | 3,816 |
| Switzerland | 39 | 1:210,588 | 18,223 |
| Ireland | 28 | 1:168,176 | 7,397 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Jamaica | 25 | 1:114,798 | 4,448 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 17 | 1:1,036,263 | 20,476 |
| Netherlands | 14 | 1:1,206,227 | 70,951 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:8,582 | 1,778 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 8 | 1:553,733 | 17,655 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5,645 | 1:4,318 | 648 |
| Wales | 86 | 1:18,237 | 1,068 |
| Scotland | 48 | 1:77,984 | 4,336 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6,270 | 1:8,009 | 1,027 |
Whiting (119) may also be a first name.
Whiting Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. I think there can be no question of two separate origins, but the first I cannot exactly elucidate; compare the many hamlets called Whittington and Whittingham, where the Anglo-Saxon family suffix comes in.
Adelena Wyting, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John Witting, Oxfordshire, ibid.
Felicia Wyting, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Gerin Wyting, Bedfordshire, ibid.
(2) Local.
Thomas de Wytin, Nottinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John de Wyten, Herefordshire, Henry III- Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Robert de Whyten, Nottinghamshire, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
1689-90. Samuel Starkey and Elizabeth Whiting: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).
1706. Baptised — Noell, son of Nor It Whileing: St. Dionis Backchurch.
From the Old English personal name Hunting, 'the son of Hwita.' Andrew Qwityng was burgess of Edinburgh in 1381 (Egidii, p. 22), and Robert Quhiting held land in Edinburgh in 1400 (ibid., p. 37). John Quityne or Qwitine filius et heres quondam Roberti Quhiting, burgess of Edinburgh, is in record in 1411 (Cambus., 94), and appears again in 1425 and 1433 as burgess there (RMS., II, 25; REO., p. 329). John Whityne was bailie of Stirling in 1428 (ER., IV, p, 454).
(English) 1 the Anglo-Saxon pers. name hwíting = hwit(a)'s Son [Old English hwít, white, fair + the 'son ’ suff. -ing] Germ Wyting.—Hundred Rolls 2 Dweller at the White Meadow [Old English hwít + O. North. & East. English ing (Old Norse eng), a meadow]
(English) Descendantof Whiting (Hwita’s son); dweller at the white meadow.
The patronymical form of White. Comp. Browning.
(Saxon.) The white or fair offspring. The Saxon termination ing, denoted offspring or child, as Cuthing, the child of Cuth, Dun—ning, the brown offspring, &c.
From Anglo-Saxon hwít-ing, the white meadow. But see Willing.
Robert Vitenc, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Richard Witing or Witine (Ib.); Thomas de Whitene, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum); Gerin, Ralph Wyting (Ib.).
From the Danish, Witten; from the Swedish, Witting; a personal name.
Whiting Demographics
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Whiting Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whiting Come From? nationality or country of origin
Whiting occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whiting? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,078th most prevalent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 170,020 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Whiting live; 46 percent live in North America and 46 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 856,040th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 119 people.
This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 22,315 people, or 1 in 16,243. In The United States Whiting is most frequent in: California, where 9 percent live, Florida, where 6 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States this last name exists in 83 countries. It also occurs in England, where 26 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.
Whiting Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Whiting has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 356 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 201 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 317 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 410 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 350 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Whiting Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Whiting surname are 12.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.69% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Whiting earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.74% less than the national average, earning 295,084 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 92.72% more than the national average, earning R 457,968 per year; in United States they earn 2.46% more than the national average, earning $44,212 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.87% more than the national average, earning $52,103 CAD per year.
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