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    The surname Whetsel

    A surname, carried by 1,256 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W324

    Whetsel: #20,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Whetsel #20,961, 1,256 people Whetsel: #20,961 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whetsel #20,961, 1,256 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whetsel is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,256 people named Whetsel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 245,817 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,107.

    #20,961
    rank among US surnames
    1,256
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,880)

    Who is named Whetsel

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

    91% of people named Whetsel identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Whetsel

    Whetsel has the Soundex code W324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W324.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Whetsel?
    1,256 people in the United States had the surname Whetsel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 245,817 Americans. It ranked 20,961st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whetsel?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Whetsel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Whetsel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,107 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,256 in 2010, up 14%.