How common is the surname Whitehurst?

7,412 people in the United States had the surname Whitehurst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,655 Americans. It ranked 4,774th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Whitehurst?

John Whitehurst, British clockmaker (1713-1788), followed by Charlie Whitehurst.

Where is the surname Whitehurst most common?

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

Is the surname Whitehurst getting more or less common?

More common. 7,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,412 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Whitehurst

An English place surname, carried by 7,412 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W362

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitehurst is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Whitehurst 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 7,412 people named Whitehurst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,655 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,268.

#4,774

rank among US surnames

7,412

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #4,490)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,765	Lindner	7,428	41,565
#4,766	Yager	7,427	41,571
#4,767	Kuo	7,426	41,576
#4,768	McDevitt	7,425	41,582
#4,769	Carnahan	7,424	41,587
#4,770	Falcone	7,423	41,593
#4,771	Grim	7,418	41,621

Who is named Whitehurst

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

68% of people named Whitehurst identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whitehursts

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Whitehurst
British clockmaker (1713-1788)
Charlie Whitehurst
American football player, born 1982

Notable Whitehursts come mostly from the Kingdom of Great Britain (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whitehurst

Whitehurst has the Soundex code W362, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W362.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Whitehurst come from?: Habitational surname from a minor place in Cheshire, from Old English hwīt (“white”) + hyrst (“hurst, hillock, wooded hill”).
How common is the surname Whitehurst?: 7,412 people in the United States had the surname Whitehurst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,655 Americans. It ranked 4,774th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whitehurst?: In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Whitehurst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Whitehurst?: John Whitehurst, British clockmaker (1713-1788), followed by Charlie Whitehurst.
Where is the surname Whitehurst most common?: Wikidata records people named Whitehurst in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United States.
What type of surname is Whitehurst?: Whitehurst is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Whitehurst getting more or less common?: More common. 7,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,412 in 2010, up 2.0%.