Whitmer Surname

67,660th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,353 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Whitmer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitmer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3101:49,5846,010
Canada221:1,674,800111,190
England51:11,143,612252,590
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Guam11:160,1214,893
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Montserrat11:4,947471
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2031:41,7454,887

Whitmer (50) may also be a first name.

Whitmer Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whitmer is found most in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitmer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Whitmer is the 67,660th most commonly held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 991,098 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Whitmer live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,412,538th most widespread first name internationally, held by 50 people.

The surname Whitmer is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 7,310 people, or 1 in 49,584. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Ohio, where 9 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Illinois, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Whitmer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Whitmer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whitmer surname rose 608 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitmer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whitmer surname are 28.27% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75.04% being registered with the party.

The amount Whitmer earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.42% more than the national average, earning $43,331 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.72% less than the national average, earning $43,860 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Whitmer
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis