How Many People Have the Last Name Whitman?
people had the surname Whitman in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 15,198 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
−428 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Whitman (89.3%) are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Whitman ranks #1,374. The mix barely changed from 2000: no group's share moved by 2 points or more.
📈 Change Since 2000
Whitman fell from 19,827 people in 2000 to 19,399 in 2010 (down 2.2%), and its rank fell from #1,656 to #1,851.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 19,827 | 19,399 |
| Rank | #1,656 | #1,851 |
| Per 100,000 people | 7.35 | 6.58 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Whitman
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Whitman: W355
👤 Whitman as a First Name
Whitman is a first name too: about 765 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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