Whittmore Surname

1,064,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 234 people bear this surname

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

Whittmore Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittmore Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2231:1,625,376108,854
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1451:346,33626,593

Whittmore Last Name Facts

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

Whittmore is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittmore? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,064,392nd most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Whittmore are found; 96 percent are found in North America and 96 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 223 people, or 1 in 1,625,376. In The United States Whittmore is primarily found in: Arkansas, where 20 percent live, Oklahoma, where 20 percent live and Tennessee, where 9 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Whittmore Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whittmore has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whittmore surname grew 154 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whittmore Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Whittmore are 12.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.82% being registered with the political party.

Whittmore earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.59% less than the national average, earning $36,424 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Whittmore
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