How Many People Have the Last Name Whitley?
people had the surname Whitley in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 11,038 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+654 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Whitley (72.2%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 22.9%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Whitley ranks #976. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 74.6% to 72.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Whitley grew from 26,078 people in 2000 to 26,732 in 2010 (up 2.5%), and its rank fell from #1,236 to #1,313. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 9.67 to 9.06 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 26,078 | 26,732 |
| Rank | #1,236 | #1,313 |
| Per 100,000 people | 9.67 | 9.06 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Whitley
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Whitley: W340
👤 Whitley as a First Name
Whitley is a first name too: about 8,823 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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