# Whitmore (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/whitmore/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,296 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,380 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 20,185 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.1% (15,135 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English hwīt (“white”) + mōr (“moor”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Whitmore 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Whitmore in the United States.

## People named Whitmore

- James Whitmore, American actor (1921–2009)
- Cam Whitmore, American basketball player (born 2004)
- Tamika Whitmore, American basketball player (born 1977)
- George Whitmore, American mountain climber and conservationist

## Similar surnames

Whitmire, Witmer, Whitmer, Whittemore, Wetmore, 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.