Whittacer Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Whittacer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittacer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Whittacer Last Name Facts

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

Whittacer occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittacer? popularity and diffusion

Whittacer is the 8,193,072nd most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Whittacer reside; 80 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Whittacer is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Whittacer is most common in: Ohio, where 75 percent are found and Michigan, where 25 percent are found. Barring The United States it exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 20 percent are found.

Whittacer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whittacer has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whittacer surname fell 60 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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
  • 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 Whittacer
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