The surname Wharton
An English occupational surname, carried by 11,656 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈʍɔː(ɹ)tən/ 2 syllables Soundex W635
Origin
English origin
Various possible origins: * The villages in Cheshire and Herefordshire are named after the River Weaver, whose name derives from Old English wæfre (“wavering, winding”), + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Lincolnshire is named with either Old English weard (“ward, guard”) or waroþ (“shore, warth”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Cumbria is named with Old English hwearf (“wharf, embankment”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Wharton is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
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 11,656 people named Wharton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,488 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,354.
Who is named Wharton
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
73% of people named Wharton identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 73%
- Black (not Hispanic) 20%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
- Two or more races 2.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Famous Whartons
10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Edith WhartonAmerican writer and designer (1862–1937)
- William WhartonAmerican author and painter (1925-2008)
- Joseph WhartonAmerican industrialist (1826–1909)
- Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of WhartonBritish Duke (1698-1731)
- Theodore WhartonAmerican film director (1875-1931)
- Jesse WhartonAmerican politician (1782-1833)
- David WhartonAmerican swimmer, born 1969
- Leopold WhartonAmerican film director (1870-1927)
- Theo WhartonAssociation football player (born 1994)
- Vince NeilAmerican singer, born 1961
Notable Whartons come mostly from the United States (8), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1) and the United Kingdom (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Wharton has the Soundex code W635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W635.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Wharton come from?
- Various possible origins: * The villages in Cheshire and Herefordshire are named after the River Weaver, whose name derives from Old English wæfre (“wavering, winding”), + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Lincolnshire is named with either Old English weard (“ward,…
- How common is the surname Wharton?
- 11,656 people in the United States had the surname Wharton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,488 Americans. It ranked 3,084th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wharton?
- In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Wharton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Wharton?
- Edith Wharton, American writer and designer (1862–1937), followed by William Wharton.
- Where is the surname Wharton most common?
- Wikidata records people named Wharton in the United States, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
- How do you pronounce Wharton?
- Wharton is /ˈʍɔː(ɹ)tən/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Wharton?
- Wharton is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Wharton getting more or less common?
- More common. 11,354 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,656 in 2010, up 2.7%.