The surname Witherell
A surname, carried by 1,408 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex W364
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,408 people named Witherell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 219,280 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,372.
#19,257
rank among US surnames
1,408
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+2.6%
change since 2000 (was #18,551)
Who is named Witherell
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Witherell identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Two or more races 1.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Witherell
Witherell has the Soundex code W364, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W364.
Questions
- How common is the surname Witherell?
- 1,408 people in the United States had the surname Witherell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 219,280 Americans. It ranked 19,257th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Witherell?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Witherell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Witherell getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,408 in 2010, up 2.6%.