How common is the surname Whisler?

3,105 people in the United States had the surname Whisler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,435 Americans. It ranked 10,377th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Whisler?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Whisler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Whisler getting more or less common?

More common. 2,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,105 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Whisler

A surname, carried by 3,105 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W246

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whisler is more common than 93.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,105 people named Whisler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,435 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,949.

#10,377

rank among US surnames

3,105

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,078)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,371	Jiminez	3,108	99,339
#10,372	Fasano	3,107	99,371
#10,373	McLamb	3,106	99,403
#10,377	Fromm	3,105	99,435
#10,380	Hosier	3,104	99,467
#10,382	Donohoe	3,103	99,499

Who is named Whisler

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

92% of people named Whisler identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whisler

Whisler has the Soundex code W246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W246.

Questions

How common is the surname Whisler?: 3,105 people in the United States had the surname Whisler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,435 Americans. It ranked 10,377th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whisler?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Whisler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Whisler getting more or less common?: More common. 2,949 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,105 in 2010, up 5.3%.