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    The surname Whistler

    An English occupational surname, carried by 1,176 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W234

    Whistler: #22,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Whistler #22,047, 1,176 people Whistler: #22,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whistler #22,047, 1,176 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whistler is more common than 86.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Continuing the Middle English Wistler, Wyzelere, an occupational surname from the Old English hwistlere (“piper”).

    Whistler is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,176 people named Whistler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 262,539 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,144.

    #22,047
    rank among US surnames
    1,176
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,335)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #22,047Whistler1,176262,539
    #22,056Hopf1,175262,762

    Who is named Whistler

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

    90% of people named Whistler identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 3.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Whistlers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James McNeill Whistler
      American painter (1834-1903)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Whistler has the Soundex code W234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W234.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Whistler come from?
    Continuing the Middle English Wistler, Wyzelere, an occupational surname from the Old English hwistlere (“piper”).
    How common is the surname Whistler?
    1,176 people in the United States had the surname Whistler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 262,539 Americans. It ranked 22,047th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whistler?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Whistler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Whistler?
    James McNeill Whistler, American painter (1834-1903).
    Where is the surname Whistler most common?
    Wikidata records people named Whistler in the United States.
    What type of surname is Whistler?
    Whistler is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Whistler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,176 in 2010, up 2.8%.
    What are other spellings of Whistler?
    Wissler, Whiseller and Whisler.