Whittfield Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

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

Whittfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:14,498,357517,445
New Zealand121:377,36028,765
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
England21:27,859,030389,889
France11:66,422,722504,397
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Whittfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whittfield is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittfield? popularity and diffusion

Whittfield is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 165,626,044 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Whittfield reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 14,498,357. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 24 percent reside, Indiana, where 12 percent reside and Michigan, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 27 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Whittfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whittfield has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Whittfield surname grew 278 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whittfield Last Name Statistics demography

Whittfield earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 8.91% more than the national average, earning $46,993 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 Whittfield
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