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    The surname Westmorland

    An English surname, carried by 306 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwɛstmələnd/ 3 syllables Soundex W235

    Westmorland: #64,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Westmorland #64,891, 306 people Westmorland: #64,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Westmorland #64,891, 306 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westmorland is more common than 60% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English folk name Westmōringas (“the people west of the moors”) + land. The civil parish in New Brunswick is named analogously to Westmorland County.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 306 people named Westmorland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,008,972 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 309.

    #64,891
    rank among US surnames
    306
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1%
    change since 2000 (was #60,887)

    Who is named Westmorland

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

    72% of people named Westmorland identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Westmorland

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Westmorland come from?
    From Old English folk name Westmōringas (“the people west of the moors”) + land. The civil parish in New Brunswick is named analogously to Westmorland County.
    How common is the surname Westmorland?
    306 people in the United States had the surname Westmorland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,008,972 Americans. It ranked 64,891st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Westmorland?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Westmorland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Westmorland?
    Westmorland is /ˈwɛstmələnd/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Westmorland getting more or less common?
    Less common. 309 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 306 in 2010, down 1.0%.
    What are other spellings of Westmorland?
    Westmoreland.