How common is the surname Whitesell?

3,596 people in the United States had the surname Whitesell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,858 Americans. It ranked 9,088th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Whitesell?

John Whitesell, American television and film director.

Where is the surname Whitesell most common?

Wikidata records people named Whitesell in the United States.

Is the surname Whitesell getting more or less common?

More common. 3,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,596 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Whitesell

A surname, carried by 3,596 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitesell is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,596 people named Whitesell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,858 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,564.

#9,088

rank among US surnames

3,596

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,511)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,081	Lindahl	3,599	85,786
#9,084	Polo	3,598	85,810
#9,085	Varnado	3,597	85,834
#9,088	Whitesell	3,596	85,858
#9,090	Nice	3,595	85,882
#9,092	Dart	3,594	85,906

Who is named Whitesell

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

95% of people named Whitesell identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whitesells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Whitesell
American television and film director, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whitesell

Whitesell has the Soundex code W324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W324.

Questions

How common is the surname Whitesell?: 3,596 people in the United States had the surname Whitesell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,858 Americans. It ranked 9,088th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whitesell?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Whitesell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Whitesell?: John Whitesell, American television and film director.
Where is the surname Whitesell most common?: Wikidata records people named Whitesell in the United States.
Is the surname Whitesell getting more or less common?: More common. 3,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,596 in 2010, up 0.9%.