Whittemire Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

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

Whittemire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittemire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States471:7,711,892346,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:4,184,890180,076

Whittemire Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whittemire is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittemire? popularity and diffusion

Whittemire is the 2,843,861st most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. Whittemire occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whittemire reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Whittemire is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 7,711,892. In The United States Whittemire is most prevalent in: Missouri, where 49 percent live, Ohio, where 19 percent live and Alabama, where 11 percent live.

Whittemire Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whittemire has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Whittemire last name increased 392 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whittemire Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whittemire surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered with the political party.

Whittemire earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.33% less than the national average, earning $30,493 USD per year.

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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 Whittemire
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