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    The surname Whiteaker

    A surname, carried by 1,886 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W326

    Whiteaker: #15,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Whiteaker #15,520, 1,886 people Whiteaker: #15,520 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whiteaker #15,520, 1,886 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whiteaker is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,886 people named Whiteaker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,704 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,878.

    #15,520
    rank among US surnames
    1,886
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,550)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,520Ewen1,886163,704
    #15,527Rayas1,885163,791

    Who is named Whiteaker

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

    93% of people named Whiteaker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Whiteakers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Whiteaker
      American politician (1820–1902)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Whiteaker

    Whiteaker 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 Whiteaker?
    1,886 people in the United States had the surname Whiteaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,704 Americans. It ranked 15,520th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whiteaker?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Whiteaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Whiteaker?
    John Whiteaker, American politician (1820–1902).
    Where is the surname Whiteaker most common?
    Wikidata records people named Whiteaker in the United States.
    Is the surname Whiteaker getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,878 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,886 in 2010, up 0.4%.