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    The surname Whittenburg

    A surname, carried by 2,131 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W351

    Whittenburg: #14,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Whittenburg #14,105, 2,131 people Whittenburg: #14,105 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whittenburg #14,105, 2,131 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whittenburg is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,131 people named Whittenburg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 144,883 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,910.

    #14,105
    rank among US surnames
    2,131
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.6%
    change since 2000 (was #14,370)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,096Vanpatten2,132144,815
    #14,105Heeter2,131144,883
    #14,111Shankar2,130144,951
    #14,113Militello2,129145,019

    Who is named Whittenburg

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

    82% of people named Whittenburg identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Whittenburg

    Whittenburg has the Soundex code W351, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W351.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Whittenburg?
    2,131 people in the United States had the surname Whittenburg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 144,883 Americans. It ranked 14,105th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whittenburg?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Whittenburg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Whittenburg getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,131 in 2010, up 12%.