Whitlow Surname

42,942nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12,121 people bear this surname

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

Whitlow Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at the White Hill [Old English hwít + hlœw, a hill, (burial) mound] Cp. Whitelaw.

Whitlow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States10,9671:33,0504,126
England4131:134,91113,250
South Africa3301:164,17518,364
Canada1371:268,94625,310
New Zealand1061:42,7207,111
Wales491:63,1545,613
Australia431:627,80744,139
Panama161:244,5166,353
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
China31:455,773,85521,925
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Guam11:160,1214,893
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3631:67,1507,643
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1411:44,0135,107

Whitlow (43) may also be a first name.

Whitlow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at the White Hill [Old English hwít + hlœw, a hill, (burial) mound] Cp. Whitelaw.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Anglo-Saxon hwít-hlaw, the white heap, barrow, or small hill. See Law. The inflammation called whitlow is said to be derived from hwít-low, a white flame.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Whitlow Last Name Facts

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

Whitlow is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitlow? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 42,942nd most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 601,233 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Whitlow live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,545,828th most frequent given name globally, held by 43 people.

The surname Whitlow is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 10,967 people, or 1 in 33,050. In The United States Whitlow is primarily concentrated in: Virginia, where 11 percent are found, Georgia, where 8 percent are found and Texas, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in England, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 3 percent are found.

Whitlow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whitlow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Whitlow surname increased 961 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 114 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 2,450 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,000 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 85 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Whitlow Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Whitlow last name is chiefly Catholic (85%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Whitlow last name are 16% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.77% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Whitlow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 43.78% less than the national average, earning R 133,596 per year; in United States they earn 7.01% less than the national average, earning $40,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.58% more than the national average, earning $57,919 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whitlowe9341/
Whittlow934/
Whitlows934/
Whitlouw933/
Whitllow932/
Whitleow931/
Witlow9267/
Whitlaw86254/
Witlouw8656/
Withlow8630/
Whetlow8611/
Wittlow861/
Weitlow860/
Waidtlow8051/
Waitelow801/
Whittlaw800/
Wetlow772/
Whytlaw7152/
Westlow7116/
Wethlow7115/
Withlaw714/
Vietlow713/
Witloft710/
Baitlow710/
Whytelaw675/
Wheatlaw670/
Whitlauf670/

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