How common is the surname Westover?

4,734 people in the United States had the surname Westover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,219 Americans. It ranked 7,071st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Westover?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Westover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Westover?

Tara Westover, American historian and author, followed by Winifred Westover.

Where is the surname Westover most common?

Wikidata records people named Westover in the United States.

Is the surname Westover getting more or less common?

More common. 4,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,734 in 2010, up 5.7%.

The surname Westover

A surname, carried by 4,734 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W231

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Westover is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,734 people named Westover in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,219 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,479.

#7,071

rank among US surnames

4,734

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,908)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,066	Shilling	4,738	65,164
#7,068	Millen	4,737	65,177
#7,069	Voelker	4,735	65,205
#7,071	Westover	4,734	65,219
#7,073	Freitag	4,733	65,233
#7,074	Maynor	4,732	65,246
#7,075	Desilva	4,731	65,260

Who is named Westover

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

94% of people named Westover identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Westovers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tara Westover
American historian and author, born 1986
Winifred Westover
American actress (1899–1978)
Del Shannon
American musician (1934-1990)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Westover

Westover has the Soundex code W231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W231.

Questions

How common is the surname Westover?: 4,734 people in the United States had the surname Westover in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,219 Americans. It ranked 7,071st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Westover?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Westover identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Westover?: Tara Westover, American historian and author, followed by Winifred Westover.
Where is the surname Westover most common?: Wikidata records people named Westover in the United States.
Is the surname Westover getting more or less common?: More common. 4,479 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,734 in 2010, up 5.7%.