The surname Whitsett
A surname, carried by 2,274 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex W323
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,274 people named Whitsett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,772 Americans. That is up 6.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,144.
#13,397
rank among US surnames
2,274
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+6.1%
change since 2000 (was #13,085)
Who is named Whitsett
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
51% of people named Whitsett identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 51%
- Black (not Hispanic) 42%
- Two or more races 3.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Whitsett
Whitsett has the Soundex code W323, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W323.
Questions
- How common is the surname Whitsett?
- 2,274 people in the United States had the surname Whitsett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,772 Americans. It ranked 13,397th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Whitsett?
- In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Whitsett identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Whitsett getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,144 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,274 in 2010, up 6.1%.