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    The surname Whitlow

    A surname, carried by 8,020 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W340

    Whitlow: #4,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Whitlow #4,432, 8,020 people Whitlow: #4,432 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whitlow #4,432, 8,020 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitlow is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,020 people named Whitlow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,497 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,886.

    #4,432
    rank among US surnames
    8,020
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #4,162)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,423Leo8,03938,406
    #4,424Shinn8,03838,411
    #4,425Bogan8,03438,430
    #4,426Steinmetz8,03238,439
    #4,427Budd8,02638,468
    #4,428Harrelson8,02338,483
    #4,430Staten8,02138,492

    Who is named Whitlow

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

    74% of people named Whitlow identified as white (not Hispanic), 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 21%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Whitlow

    Whitlow has the Soundex code W340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W340.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Whitlow?
    8,020 people in the United States had the surname Whitlow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,497 Americans. It ranked 4,432nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whitlow?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Whitlow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Whitlow getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,886 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,020 in 2010, up 1.7%.