# Whitehurst (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/whitehurst/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,412 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,774 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,655 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (7,268 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hyrst (“hurst, hillock, wooded hill”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Whitehurst in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Whitehurst in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States.

## People named Whitehurst

- John Whitehurst, British clockmaker (1713-1788)
- Charlie Whitehurst, American football player

## Similar surnames

Waiters, Withers, Waters, Weathers, Witherspoon, Watters, Weatherspoon, Weathersby, Waterhouse, Watterson, Watrous, Wittrock.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.