Whittermore Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

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

Whittermore Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittermore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:21,321,114641,998
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States221:2,282,667111,005

Whittermore Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whittermore is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittermore? popularity and diffusion

The last name Whittermore is the 4,649,889th most widely held last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whittermore reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 21,321,114. In The United States it is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 35 percent are found, Maine, where 12 percent are found and New Hampshire, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The United States it occurs in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 6 percent are found.

Whittermore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whittermore has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Whittermore surname contracted 23 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whittermore Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whittermore last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.

Whittermore earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.37% less than the national average, earning $37,812 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 Whittermore
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