View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Whittier Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Whittier is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittier? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 113,977^th most commonly used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,796,289 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Whittier live; 97 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,308,380^th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 57 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3,716 people, or 1 in 97,540. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Massachusetts, where 11 percent reside, Missouri, where 8 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 6 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 2 percent reside.

Whittier Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Whittier has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whittier surname increased 240 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whittier Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Whittier surname are 1.72% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.95% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Whittier earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 0.56% more than the national average, earning $43,390 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.4% more than the national average, earning $51,370 CAD per year.