How common is the surname Whittle?

7,307 people in the United States had the surname Whittle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,253 Americans. It ranked 4,828th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Whittle?

Jenny Whittle, Australian basketball player (born 1973), followed by Brian Whittle.

Where is the surname Whittle most common?

Wikidata records people named Whittle in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Whittle getting more or less common?

More common. 7,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,307 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Whittle

A surname, carried by 7,307 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whittle is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,307 people named Whittle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,253 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,071.

#4,828

rank among US surnames

7,307

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,592)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,819	Bristow	7,323	42,161
#4,820	Zamarripa	7,322	42,167
#4,822	Mulder	7,317	42,196
#4,823	Garris	7,316	42,201
#4,825	Johnstone	7,313	42,219
#4,826	Bosch	7,312	42,224
#4,827	Thornburg	7,309	42,242

Who is named Whittle

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

80% of people named Whittle identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Whittles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jenny Whittle
Australian basketball player (born 1973)
Brian Whittle
British athlete and politician (born 1964)

Notable Whittles come mostly from Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Whittle

Whittle has the Soundex code W340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W340.

Questions

How common is the surname Whittle?: 7,307 people in the United States had the surname Whittle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,253 Americans. It ranked 4,828th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Whittle?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Whittle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Whittle?: Jenny Whittle, Australian basketball player (born 1973), followed by Brian Whittle.
Where is the surname Whittle most common?: Wikidata records people named Whittle in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Whittle getting more or less common?: More common. 7,071 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,307 in 2010, up 3.3%.