Whittworth Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Whittworth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittworth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Whittworth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whittworth is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Whittworth.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittworth? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Whittworth reside; 80 percent reside in North America and 80 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 90,614,733. In The United States Whittworth is primarily found in: Tennessee, where 75 percent are found and Nevada, where 25 percent are found. Not including The United States Whittworth occurs in one country. It is also common in Jamaica, where 20 percent are found.

Whittworth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Whittworth has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whittworth surname declined 20 percent between 1880 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 Whittworth
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