How common is the surname Westmoreland?

10,399 people in the United States had the surname Westmoreland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,690 Americans. It ranked 3,430th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Westmoreland?

Wash Westmoreland, American film director, followed by Lynn Westmoreland.

Where is the surname Westmoreland most common?

Wikidata records people named Westmoreland in the United States.

Is the surname Westmoreland getting more or less common?

More common. 10,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,399 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Westmoreland

A surname, carried by 10,399 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westmoreland is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

Heterographic variant of Westmorland.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,399 people named Westmoreland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,690 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,066.

#3,430

rank among US surnames

10,399

people in 2010

3.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,258)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,421	Brinkman	10,432	29,596
#3,423	Conde	10,430	29,602
#3,424	Monson	10,425	29,616
#3,425	Vieira	10,420	29,630
#3,427	Griswold	10,417	29,639
#3,428	Gaskins	10,414	29,647
#3,429	McClanahan	10,407	29,667

Who is named Westmoreland

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

77% of people named Westmoreland identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Westmorelands

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wash Westmoreland
American film director, born 1966
Lynn Westmoreland
American politician from the state of Georgia, born 1950

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Westmoreland

Westmoreland has the Soundex code W235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W235.

Questions

Where does the surname Westmoreland come from?: Heterographic variant of Westmorland.
How common is the surname Westmoreland?: 10,399 people in the United States had the surname Westmoreland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,690 Americans. It ranked 3,430th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Westmoreland?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Westmoreland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Westmoreland?: Wash Westmoreland, American film director, followed by Lynn Westmoreland.
Where is the surname Westmoreland most common?: Wikidata records people named Westmoreland in the United States.
Is the surname Westmoreland getting more or less common?: More common. 10,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,399 in 2010, up 3.3%.