Whittehead Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

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

Whittehead Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittehead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Whittehead Last Name Facts

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

Whittehead is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittehead? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Whittehead live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Georgia, where 50 percent live and Texas, where 50 percent live. Aside from The United States this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent live.

Whittehead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whittehead has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whittehead last name rose 200 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 Whittehead
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