How common is the surname Whitis?

1,385 people in the United States had the surname Whitis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Whitis?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Whitis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Whitis getting more or less common?

More common. 1,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Whitis

A surname, carried by 1,385 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitis is more common than 88% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,385 people named Whitis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,312.

#19,498

rank among US surnames

1,385

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #19,157)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,489	Pulsifer	1,386	222,760
#19,498	Dubuque	1,385	222,921

Who is named Whitis

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

92% of people named Whitis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whitis

Whitis has the Soundex code W320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W320.

Questions

How common is the surname Whitis?: 1,385 people in the United States had the surname Whitis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 222,921 Americans. It ranked 19,498th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whitis?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Whitis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Whitis getting more or less common?: More common. 1,312 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,385 in 2010, up 5.6%.