How common is the surname Whitmire?

7,179 people in the United States had the surname Whitmire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,007 Americans. It ranked 4,906th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Whitmire?

Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer.

Where is the surname Whitmire most common?

Wikidata records people named Whitmire in the United States.

Is the surname Whitmire getting more or less common?

More common. 7,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,179 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Whitmire

A surname, carried by 7,179 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). Whitmire is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,179 people named Whitmire in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,007 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,017.

#4,906

rank among US surnames

7,179

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,620)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,902	Almond	7,188	42,953
#4,903	Hussein	7,182	42,989
#4,905	Kuehn	7,181	42,995
#4,906	Whitmire	7,179	43,007

Who is named Whitmire

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

86% of people named Whitmire identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whitmires

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steve Whitmire
American puppeteer, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whitmire

Whitmire 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 Whitmire come from?: Either an anglicization of the German surname Wittmeyer, or a variant of Whitmore.
How common is the surname Whitmire?: 7,179 people in the United States had the surname Whitmire in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,007 Americans. It ranked 4,906th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whitmire?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Whitmire identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Whitmire?: Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer.
Where is the surname Whitmire most common?: Wikidata records people named Whitmire in the United States.
Is the surname Whitmire getting more or less common?: More common. 7,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,179 in 2010, up 2.3%.