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    The surname Whiting

    A surname, carried by 16,418 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W352

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whiting is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 16,418 people named Whiting in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,805 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,719.

    #2,221
    rank among US surnames
    16,418
    people in 2010
    5.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,116)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,212Easley16,45918,758
    #2,213O'Rourke16,45718,761
    #2,215Rincon16,45518,763
    #2,216Abernathy16,45018,769
    #2,217Altman16,44818,771
    #2,218Huston16,43518,786
    #2,219Foote16,42518,797

    Who is named Whiting

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

    77% of people named Whiting identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Whitings

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leonard Whiting
      British actor, born 1950
    • Ryan Whiting
      American shot putter, born 1986
    • Sarah Frances Whiting
      American physicist and astronomer (1847-1927)
    • Margaret Whiting
      American recording artist; singer, 1924–2011
    • Richard A. Whiting
      American composer and songwriter (1891–1938)
    • Reed Baker-Whiting
      American soccer player, born 2005
    • Barbara Whiting
      American actress and singer, 1931–2004

    Notable Whitings come mostly from the United States (6) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Witting

    Surnames that sound like Whiting

    Whiting has the Soundex code W352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W352.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Whiting?
    16,418 people in the United States had the surname Whiting in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,805 Americans. It ranked 2,221st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whiting?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Whiting identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Whiting?
    Leonard Whiting, British actor, followed by Ryan Whiting.
    Where is the surname Whiting most common?
    Wikidata records people named Whiting in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Whiting getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,719 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,418 in 2010, up 4.4%.
    What are other spellings of Whiting?
    Witting.