Whittern Surname

1,014,722nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 250 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Whittern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1341:2,704,917162,137
England1001:557,18134,216
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:902,79138,028
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Whittern Last Name Facts

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

Whittern is most common in The United States. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Whittern click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittern? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,014,722nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,150,184 people. The surname Whittern occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Whittern reside; 54 percent reside in North America and 54 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Whittern is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 134 people, or 1 in 2,704,917. In The United States Whittern is most prevalent in: Indiana, where 31 percent are found, Oklahoma, where 18 percent are found and Alaska, where 14 percent are found. Outside of The United States Whittern occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 40 percent are found and South Africa, where 6 percent are found.

Whittern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Whittern has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 893 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 370 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whittern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whittern last name are 42.89% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 89.66% registered with the party.

The amount Whittern earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 50.01% less than the national average, earning R 118,788 per year and in United States they earn 16.44% more than the national average, earning $50,243 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 Whittern
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