Whitrow Surname

551,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 579 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Wales

Whitrow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitrow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2071:130,41414,194
Canada1701:216,73920,919
England1531:364,17025,923
Wales261:119,0209,008
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England751:325,00521,260
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Whitrow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitrow is most common in Australia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Whitrow.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitrow? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 551,387th most commonly held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 12,586,435 people. It is primarily found in Oceania, where 36 percent of Whitrow are found; 36 percent are found in Australasia and 36 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This surname is most widely held in Australia, where it is carried by 207 people, or 1 in 130,414. In Australia Whitrow is mostly found in: South Australia, where 69 percent are found, New South Wales, where 23 percent are found and Australian Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Australia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 29 percent are found and England, where 26 percent are found.

Whitrow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whitrow has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Whitrow last name expanded 204 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 520 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 131 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whitrow Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Whitrow earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 21.09% more than the national average, earning $52,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.94% less than the national average, earning $44,249 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whithrow937/
Witrow927/
Withrow8610,722/
Wietrow8619/
Witrowa866/
Wittrow862/
Whetrow860/
Witthrow805/
Whitroff801/
Weithrow801/
Withhrow801/
Withrowe800/
Wheatrow800/
Wetrow7731/
Vitrow772/
Witrów771/
Weitherow754/
Wietrów714/
Withraw713/
Wytrowa712/
Wittrof711/
Wettrow711/
Wethrow711/
Wythrow711/
Wuthrow711/
Witroff711/
Bithrow710/
Wittroff670/
Beithrow670/

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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 Whitrow
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