How common is the surname Whitacre?

4,238 people in the United States had the surname Whitacre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,852 Americans. It ranked 7,812th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Whitacre?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Whitacre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Whitacre?

Eric Whitacre, American composer.

Where is the surname Whitacre most common?

Wikidata records people named Whitacre in the United States.

Is the surname Whitacre getting more or less common?

More common. 4,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,238 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Whitacre

A surname, carried by 4,238 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex W326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitacre is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,238 people named Whitacre in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,852 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,191.

#7,812

rank among US surnames

4,238

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #7,323)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,803	Mullaney	4,241	72,800
#7,807	Thies	4,240	72,817
#7,810	Shope	4,239	72,835
#7,812	Whitacre	4,238	72,852
#7,815	Danko	4,237	72,869
#7,816	Huertas	4,235	72,903
#7,819	Shouse	4,234	72,921

Who is named Whitacre

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

96% of people named Whitacre identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whitacres

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eric Whitacre
American composer, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whitacre

Whitacre has the Soundex code W326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W326.

Questions

How common is the surname Whitacre?: 4,238 people in the United States had the surname Whitacre in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,852 Americans. It ranked 7,812th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whitacre?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Whitacre identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Whitacre?: Eric Whitacre, American composer.
Where is the surname Whitacre most common?: Wikidata records people named Whitacre in the United States.
Is the surname Whitacre getting more or less common?: More common. 4,191 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,238 in 2010, up 1.1%.