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    The surname Whitter

    An English occupational surname, carried by 531 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W360

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitter is more common than 74.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    English occupational surname for a whitewasher, caulker or bleacher, from Middle English whitere, an agent derivative of Old English hwītian (“to whiten”).

    Whitter is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 531 people named Whitter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 530.

    #41,038
    rank among US surnames
    531
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #39,111)

    Who is named Whitter

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

    50% of people named Whitter identified as white (not Hispanic), 42% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 50%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 42%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Whitter

    Whitter has the Soundex code W360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W360.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Whitter come from?
    English occupational surname for a whitewasher, caulker or bleacher, from Middle English whitere, an agent derivative of Old English hwītian (“to whiten”).
    How common is the surname Whitter?
    531 people in the United States had the surname Whitter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 581,442 Americans. It ranked 41,038th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whitter?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Whitter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 42% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Whitter?
    Whitter is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Whitter getting more or less common?
    More common. 530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 531 in 2010, up 0.2%.