Whittinghan Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cuba
Highest density in:
Cuba

Whittinghan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittinghan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cuba21:5,761,35813,825
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Whittinghan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whittinghan is found most frequently in Cuba. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittinghan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Whittinghan is predominantly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Whittinghan live; 33 percent live in Caribbean and 33 percent live in Hispano-Caribbean.

The surname is most widely held in Cuba, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 5,761,358. In Cuba it is most numerous in: Camagüey Province, where 50 percent live and Guantánamo Province, where 50 percent live. Barring Cuba it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent live and England, where 17 percent live.

Whittinghan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whittinghan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whittinghan surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Whittinghan
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