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    The surname Whetstone

    A surname, carried by 6,064 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwɛtstəʊn/ 2 syllables Soundex W323

    Whetstone: #5,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Whetstone #5,721, 6,064 people Whetstone: #5,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whetstone #5,721, 6,064 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whetstone is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    The benchmark is named after the Whetstone compiler built at an English Electric Company division in Whetstone, Leicestershire.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,064 people named Whetstone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 50,915 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,611.

    #5,721
    rank among US surnames
    6,064
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,674)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,716Thorp6,06750,889
    #5,718Chaparro6,06650,898
    #5,719Pinedo6,06550,906
    #5,721Whetstone6,06450,915
    #5,722Shaikh6,06350,923

    Who is named Whetstone

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

    71% of people named Whetstone identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Whetstone come from?
    The benchmark is named after the Whetstone compiler built at an English Electric Company division in Whetstone, Leicestershire.
    How common is the surname Whetstone?
    6,064 people in the United States had the surname Whetstone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 50,915 Americans. It ranked 5,721st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whetstone?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Whetstone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Whetstone?
    Whetstone is /ˈwɛtstəʊn/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Whetstone getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,064 in 2010, up 8.1%.