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    The surname Whiston

    An English place surname, carried by 372 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwɪs.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex W235

    Whiston: #55,255 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Whiston #55,255, 372 people Whiston: #55,255 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Whiston #55,255, 372 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whiston is more common than 65.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Various origins: * The villages in Merseyside and South Yorkshire are named from Old English hwīt (“white”) + stān (“stone”). * The villages in Staffordshire are named from the unattested Old English personal name *Witi + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Northamptonshire is probably named from Old English Hwiċċe (“a local tribe”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Whiston is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    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 372 people named Whiston in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 829,961 Americans. That is down 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 400.

    #55,255
    rank among US surnames
    372
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7%
    change since 2000 (was #49,366)

    Who is named Whiston

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

    93% of people named Whiston identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Whisson

    Surnames that sound like Whiston

    Whiston has the Soundex code W235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W235.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Whiston come from?
    Various origins: * The villages in Merseyside and South Yorkshire are named from Old English hwīt (“white”) + stān (“stone”). * The villages in Staffordshire are named from the unattested Old English personal name *Witi + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The village in Northamptonshire…
    How common is the surname Whiston?
    372 people in the United States had the surname Whiston in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 829,961 Americans. It ranked 55,255th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whiston?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Whiston identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    How do you pronounce Whiston?
    Whiston is /ˈwɪs.tən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Whiston?
    Whiston is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Whiston getting more or less common?
    Less common. 400 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 372 in 2010, down 7.0%.
    What are other spellings of Whiston?
    Whisson.