How common is the surname Wilhite?

8,325 people in the United States had the surname Wilhite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,087 Americans. It ranked 4,261st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wilhite?

Steve Wilhite, American theoretical computer scientist (1948–2022).

Where is the surname Wilhite most common?

Wikidata records people named Wilhite in the United States.

Is the surname Wilhite getting more or less common?

More common. 7,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,325 in 2010, up 6.8%.

The surname Wilhite

A surname, carried by 8,325 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W430

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wilhite is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,325 people named Wilhite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,087 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,797.

#4,261

rank among US surnames

8,325

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #4,213)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,255	Logue	8,328	37,073
#4,256	Scarbrough	8,327	37,078
#4,259	Parisi	8,326	37,082
#4,261	Wilhite	8,325	37,087

Who is named Wilhite

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

79% of people named Wilhite identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Wilhites

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steve Wilhite
American theoretical computer scientist (1948–2022)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wilhite

Wilhite has the Soundex code W430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W430.

Questions

How common is the surname Wilhite?: 8,325 people in the United States had the surname Wilhite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,087 Americans. It ranked 4,261st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wilhite?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Wilhite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wilhite?: Steve Wilhite, American theoretical computer scientist (1948–2022).
Where is the surname Wilhite most common?: Wikidata records people named Wilhite in the United States.
Is the surname Wilhite getting more or less common?: More common. 7,797 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,325 in 2010, up 6.8%.