How common is the surname Whitesides?

1,881 people in the United States had the surname Whitesides in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,139 Americans. It ranked 15,551st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Whitesides?

George M. Whitesides, American chemist and professor of chemistry, followed by George T. Whitesides.

Where is the surname Whitesides most common?

Wikidata records people named Whitesides in the United States.

Is the surname Whitesides getting more or less common?

More common. 1,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,881 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Whitesides

A surname, carried by 1,881 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W323

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitesides 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 1,881 people named Whitesides in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 164,139 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,847.

#15,551

rank among US surnames

1,881

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #14,745)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,546	Weldy	1,882	164,052
#15,551	Buscher	1,881	164,139
#15,560	Struthers	1,880	164,226

Who is named Whitesides

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

87% of people named Whitesides identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whitesidess

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

George M. Whitesides
American chemist and professor of chemistry, born 1939
George T. Whitesides
American politician and businessman (born 1974)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whitesides

Whitesides has the Soundex code W323, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W323.

Questions

How common is the surname Whitesides?: 1,881 people in the United States had the surname Whitesides in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 164,139 Americans. It ranked 15,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whitesides?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Whitesides identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Whitesides?: George M. Whitesides, American chemist and professor of chemistry, followed by George T. Whitesides.
Where is the surname Whitesides most common?: Wikidata records people named Whitesides in the United States.
Is the surname Whitesides getting more or less common?: More common. 1,847 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,881 in 2010, up 1.8%.