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    The surname Whitehouse

    A surname, carried by 6,258 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W320

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitehouse is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    From white + house.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,258 people named Whitehouse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,336 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,187.

    #5,555
    rank among US surnames
    6,258
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,189)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,551Chilton6,26349,297
    #5,553Schatz6,26149,312
    #5,554Oster6,25949,328
    #5,555Milne6,25849,336
    #5,557Gilligan6,25749,344

    Who is named Whitehouse

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

    92% of people named Whitehouse identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Whitehouses

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sheldon Whitehouse
      American lawyer and politician (born 1955)
    • Mary Whitehouse
      British conservative activist (1910–2001)

    Notable Whitehouses come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Whitehouse

    Whitehouse has the Soundex code W320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W320.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Whitehouse come from?
    From white + house.
    How common is the surname Whitehouse?
    6,258 people in the United States had the surname Whitehouse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,336 Americans. It ranked 5,555th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whitehouse?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Whitehouse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Who is the most famous person named Whitehouse?
    Sheldon Whitehouse, American lawyer and politician (born 1955), followed by Mary Whitehouse.
    Where is the surname Whitehouse most common?
    Wikidata records people named Whitehouse in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Whitehouse getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,187 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,258 in 2010, up 1.1%.