Whittemore Surname

64,499th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,757 people bear this surname

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

Whittemore Surname Definition:

= Whitmore, q.v.

Whittemore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,0711:51,2606,179
England3121:178,58416,169
Canada2261:163,03416,442
South Africa401:1,354,44373,245
Australia391:692,19746,687
Wales161:193,40812,484
Panama91:434,6958,518
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1261:193,45515,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9071:26,3343,237

Whittemore Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Whitmore, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Whitmore (white moor), in Staffordshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Whittemore Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whittemore occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittemore? popularity and diffusion

Whittemore is the 64,499th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 939,480 people. The surname Whittemore is predominantly found in The Americas, where 91 percent of Whittemore live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 7,071 people, or 1 in 51,260. In The United States Whittemore is most numerous in: California, where 9 percent live, Massachusetts, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Besides The United States it occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Whittemore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whittemore has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Whittemore surname expanded 371 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 248 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whittemore Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whittemore last name are 5.43% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 52.2% registered with the party.

The amount Whittemore earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.84% more than the national average, earning R 353,700 per year; in United States they earn 4.45% more than the national average, earning $45,067 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.94% more than the national average, earning $54,124 CAD per year.

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