# Whitmer (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/whitmer/  
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) | 5,317 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,398 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 58,068 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.7% (5,077 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Reduced variant of Whitmore.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Whitmer 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Whitmer in the United States.

## People named Whitmer

- Gretchen Whitmer, American politician and attorney (born 1971)
- David Whitmer, Book of Mormon witness (1805-1888)
- B.J. Whitmer, American professional wrestler

## Similar surnames

Whitmore, Whitmire, Witmer, Whittemore, Widmer, Wittmer, Whitener, Whitner, Whitmarsh, Weidner, Widener, Widner.

## 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.