How common is the surname Whitmer?

5,317 people in the United States had the surname Whitmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,068 Americans. It ranked 6,398th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Whitmer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Whitmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Whitmer?

Gretchen Whitmer, American politician and attorney (born 1971), followed by David Whitmer.

Where is the surname Whitmer most common?

Wikidata records people named Whitmer in the United States.

Is the surname Whitmer getting more or less common?

More common. 5,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,317 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Whitmer

A surname, carried by 5,317 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitmer is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

Reduced variant of Whitmore.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,317 people named Whitmer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,068 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,077.

#6,398

rank among US surnames

5,317

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,208)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,389	Haupt	5,327	57,959
#6,391	Elwell	5,326	57,969
#6,392	Schroder	5,325	57,980
#6,393	McMillin	5,323	58,002
#6,394	Golding	5,321	58,024
#6,395	Babbitt	5,320	58,035
#6,396	Cofield	5,319	58,046

Who is named Whitmer

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

95% of people named Whitmer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whitmers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gretchen Whitmer
American politician and attorney (born 1971)
David Whitmer
Book of Mormon witness (1805-1888)
B.J. Whitmer
American professional wrestler, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whitmer

Whitmer has the Soundex code W356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W356.

Questions

Where does the surname Whitmer come from?: Reduced variant of Whitmore.
How common is the surname Whitmer?: 5,317 people in the United States had the surname Whitmer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,068 Americans. It ranked 6,398th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whitmer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Whitmer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Whitmer?: Gretchen Whitmer, American politician and attorney (born 1971), followed by David Whitmer.
Where is the surname Whitmer most common?: Wikidata records people named Whitmer in the United States.
Is the surname Whitmer getting more or less common?: More common. 5,077 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,317 in 2010, up 4.7%.