Whorton Surname

104,917th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,468 people bear this surname

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

Whorton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whorton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,0291:89,96310,108
England3981:139,99513,620
Panama211:186,2985,509
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Wales41:773,63329,106
France31:22,140,907385,998
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland121:369,15613,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1261:193,45515,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9991:50,2695,712

Whorton (36) may also be a first name.

Whorton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whorton is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whorton? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 104,917th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,631,053 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 91 percent of Whorton live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,717,090th most widely held given name at a global level, held by 36 people.

Whorton is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 4,029 people, or 1 in 89,963. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 15 percent are found, Georgia, where 9 percent are found and Missouri, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States it is found in 13 countries. It is also common in England, where 9 percent are found and Panama, where 0 percent are found.

Whorton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whorton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Whorton last name expanded 403 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 316 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whorton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Catholic (75%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Whorton last name are 15.89% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 62.66% registered with the party.

Whorton earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.11% less than the national average, earning $42,239 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Worton922,726/
Wharton8629,631/
Wherton86150/
Worthon8656/
Whortan8614/
Wortong865/
Wahrton863/
Whurton862/
Worrton861/
Wortton860/
Worthong8029/
Waharton803/
Whaurton801/
Whartoon801/
Whartton801/
Borton775,013/
Warton771,722/
Werton7763/
Vorton775/
Uorton774/
Wortan771/
Wurton770/
Bourton711,038/
Worthan71596/
Huarton7112/
Bahrton7111/
Vortong715/
Wourtan714/
Whartonová713/
Borthon712/
Whartan712/
Worhtan711/
Bortohn711/
Hwerton711/
Wuarton711/
Worthom711/
Wartonn711/
Wartton711/
Wortang711/
Whertan710/
Boorton710/
Hbarton710/
Borrton710/
Huerton710/
Whartun710/
Worthun710/
Vorthong675/
Whortham673/
Wharthan673/
Worthann671/
D'Borton671/
Wourtane671/
Worthand670/
Worthane670/

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Whorton Reference & Research

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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 Whorton
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