Whitning Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Whitning Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitning Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Whitning Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitning is most common in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitning? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whitning reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Whitning is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 120,819,644. In The United States Whitning is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 33 percent are found, North Carolina, where 33 percent are found and Texas, where 33 percent are found. Beside The United States Whitning is found in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent are found.

Whitning Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whitning has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whitning last name declined 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whittning941/
Witning9326/
Whining930/
Whinning880/
Wining86137/
Witnin864/
Wiening80476/
Weining80266/
Wehning80203/
Wähning80196/
Waining8040/
Wijning8036/
Wetning808/
Huining803/
Wuining800/
Winingh800/
Whitnen800/
Whening800/
Winin77107/
Wijnings75332/
Westning758/
Winingsh756/
Weinning751/
Wainning750/
Vining718,222/
Wening712,064/
Bining71272/
Woinin7125/
Vitnin7116/
Wienin7112/
Wainin719/
Vhinin714/
Weinin713/
Huinin712/
Witnen711/
Winink711/
Winien710/
Whenin710/
Winind710/
Wyning710/
Whinen710/
Weening671,564/
Beining671,503/
Huinink67608/
Buining67390/
Baining67261/
Huening67249/
Wynings67217/
Whinnen6797/
Whinnem6791/
Viening6771/
Vähning6767/
Vinings6717/
Wesning6712/
Weaning6710/
Wenings6710/
Vitnina677/
Wisneng675/
Wetneng673/
Bijning673/
Whitnem672/
Boining671/
Woignin671/
Wetnien671/
Bithnin671/
Vaining670/
Veining670/
Whinnim670/

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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
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  • 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 Whitning
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