Whittenton Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

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

Whittenton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittenton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3101:1,169,22283,615
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:1,091,71163,103

Whittenton Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whittenton occurs most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittenton? popularity and diffusion

It is the 868,551st most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. The surname Whittenton occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Whittenton reside; 98 percent reside in North America and 98 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 310 people, or 1 in 1,169,222. In The United States it is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 32 percent reside, Texas, where 19 percent reside and Florida, where 15 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Whittenton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whittenton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whittenton surname rose 674 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whittenton Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whittenton last name are 1.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.43% registered to vote for the party.

Whittenton earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 0.34% less than the national average, earning $43,004 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
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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 Whittenton
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