# Whittington (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/whittington/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 17,517 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,059 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 17,625 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (17,163 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɪtɪŋtən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Whittington 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) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Whittington in the United States and Australia.

## People named Whittington

- Shayne Whittington, American basketball player and coach (born 1991)
- Andrew Whittington, Australian tennis player
- Greg Whittington, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Don Whittington, American racing driver
- Bill Whittington, American racing driver (1949–2021)

## Similar surnames

Whiting, Whittingham, Withington, Wethington, Weddington, Waddington, Wedding, Wooding.

## 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.