How common is the surname Whittington?

17,517 people in the United States had the surname Whittington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,625 Americans. It ranked 2,059th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Whittington?

Shayne Whittington, American basketball player and coach (born 1991), followed by Andrew Whittington.

Where is the surname Whittington most common?

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

How do you pronounce Whittington?

Whittington is /ˈwɪtɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Whittington getting more or less common?

More common. 17,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,517 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Whittington

A surname, carried by 17,517 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɪtɪŋtən/ 3 syllables Soundex W352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whittington is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 17,517 people named Whittington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,625 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,163.

#2,059

rank among US surnames

17,517

people in 2010

5.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #1,924)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,050	Jaimes	17,573	17,569
#2,051	Culver	17,566	17,576
#2,052	Hope	17,562	17,580
#2,053	Begay	17,553	17,589
#2,054	Argueta	17,540	17,602
#2,055	Granger	17,539	17,603
#2,056	Grover	17,534	17,608

Who is named Whittington

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

80% of people named Whittington identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whittingtons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Shayne Whittington
American basketball player and coach (born 1991)
Andrew Whittington
Australian tennis player, born 1993
Greg Whittington
American basketball player (born 1993)
Don Whittington
American racing driver, born 1946
Bill Whittington
American racing driver (1949–2021)

Notable Whittingtons come mostly from the United States (4) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whittington

Whittington has the Soundex code W352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W352.

Questions

How common is the surname Whittington?: 17,517 people in the United States had the surname Whittington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,625 Americans. It ranked 2,059th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whittington?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Whittington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Whittington?: Shayne Whittington, American basketball player and coach (born 1991), followed by Andrew Whittington.
Where is the surname Whittington most common?: Wikidata records people named Whittington in the United States and Australia.
How do you pronounce Whittington?: Whittington is /ˈwɪtɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Whittington getting more or less common?: More common. 17,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,517 in 2010, up 2.1%.