The surname Whidden
A surname, carried by 2,037 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W350
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,037 people named Whidden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,569 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,892.
#14,612
rank among US surnames
2,037
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+7.7%
change since 2000 (was #14,467)
Who is named Whidden
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Whidden identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Whidden has the Soundex code W350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W350.
Questions
- How common is the surname Whidden?
- 2,037 people in the United States had the surname Whidden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,569 Americans. It ranked 14,612th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Whidden?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Whidden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Whidden getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,892 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,037 in 2010, up 7.7%.