# Whiting (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,418 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,221 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,805 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.4% (15,719 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Witting |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Whiting 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) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Whiting in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Whiting

- Leonard Whiting, British actor
- Ryan Whiting, American shot putter
- Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (1847-1927)
- Margaret Whiting, American recording artist; singer
- Richard A. Whiting, American composer and songwriter (1891–1938)
- Reed Baker-Whiting, American soccer player
- Barbara Whiting, American actress and singer

## Similar surnames

Whittington, Whittingham, Withington, Wethington, Weddington, Waddington, Wedding, Wooding.

## 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.