# Whittlesey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/whittlesey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,018 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,554 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 303,286 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.1% (1,061 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Whittlesea, Whitsey |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Wittel + -s- + īeġ (“island”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Whittlesey 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Similar surnames

Whitlock, Wittelsbach, Woodlock.

## 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.