Whitwer Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

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

Whitwer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whitwer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1351:2,684,881161,220
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Whitwer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitwer is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Whitwer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitwer? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,527,735th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Whitwer are found; 86 percent are found in North America and 86 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 2,684,881. In The United States Whitwer is mostly found in: California, where 24 percent reside, Nebraska, where 14 percent reside and Oregon, where 10 percent reside. Aside from The United States this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Whitwer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whitwer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whitwer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Whitwer surname are 37.85% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 84.62% registered to vote for the party.

Whitwer earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.22% less than the national average, earning $41,759 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whittwer9320/
Whitwert930/
Witwer921,183/
Whitwerth880/
Wittwer8613,136/
Whitwed862/
Witwe835/
Wittwier802/
Wittwehr801/
Witttwer801/
Whitwire801/
Whitwett801/
Whittuer800/
Wytwer77156/
Wittwe7712/
Wetwer771/
Witwir771/
Waitwe771/
Widwer771/
Witwerová754/
Whitwhead753/
Whitwirth752/
Wettwer7152/
Whitwoirth713/
Whitway713/
Vittwer712/
Whidber711/
Weidwer711/
Wittwea711/
Bittwer710/
Westwer710/
Witthuer671/
Wetwe671/
Whitwith670/

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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 Whitwer
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