How common is the surname Willhite?

3,719 people in the United States had the surname Willhite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,018 Americans. It ranked 8,805th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Willhite getting more or less common?

More common. 3,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,719 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Willhite

A surname, carried by 3,719 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). Willhite is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,719 people named Willhite in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,018 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,533.

#8,805

rank among US surnames

3,719

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,580)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,800	Belisle	3,722	82,952
#8,801	Vogler	3,721	82,974
#8,802	Loring	3,720	82,996
#8,805	Lambrecht	3,719	83,018
#8,807	Sudduth	3,718	83,041

Who is named Willhite

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

90% of people named Willhite identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Willhite

Willhite 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 Willhite?: 3,719 people in the United States had the surname Willhite in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,018 Americans. It ranked 8,805th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Willhite?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Willhite identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Willhite getting more or less common?: More common. 3,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,719 in 2010, up 5.3%.