How common is the surname Whigham?

2,512 people in the United States had the surname Whigham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,908 Americans. It ranked 12,384th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Whigham?

Shea Whigham, American actor, followed by Giorgia Whigham.

Where is the surname Whigham most common?

Wikidata records people named Whigham in the United States.

Is the surname Whigham getting more or less common?

More common. 2,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,512 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Whigham

A surname, carried by 2,512 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whigham is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,512 people named Whigham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,908 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,401.

#12,384

rank among US surnames

2,512

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,937)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,378	Richer	2,513	122,859
#12,384	Barras	2,512	122,908
#12,389	Harrah	2,511	122,957
#12,393	Lovins	2,510	123,006

Who is named Whigham

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

52% of people named Whigham identified as white (not Hispanic), 43% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 52%
Black (not Hispanic) 43%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whighams

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Shea Whigham
American actor, born 1969
Giorgia Whigham
American actress, born 1997
Jiggs Whigham
American jazz trombonist, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whigham

Wickham

Whigham has the Soundex code W250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W250.

Questions

How common is the surname Whigham?: 2,512 people in the United States had the surname Whigham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,908 Americans. It ranked 12,384th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whigham?: In the 2010 Census, 52% of people named Whigham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 43% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Whigham?: Shea Whigham, American actor, followed by Giorgia Whigham.
Where is the surname Whigham most common?: Wikidata records people named Whigham in the United States.
Is the surname Whigham getting more or less common?: More common. 2,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,512 in 2010, up 4.6%.