# Whitmire (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/whitmire/  
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) | 7,179 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,906 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 43,007 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (7,017 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Either an anglicization of the German surname Wittmeyer, or a variant of Whitmore.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Whitmire 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Whitmire in the United States.

## People named Whitmire

- Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.