How common is the last name Whitfield?

29,052 people in the United States have the last name Whitfield, about 1 in 10,288. It ranks #1,187 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WHITFIELD

#1,187

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
29,052
About
1 in 10,288
This common or more
41.7%
Who bears it

Of the 29,052 people with the last name Whitfield, 47.5% reported their origin as Black, 43.1% as White and 5.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Whitfield

#1,185 Mackey · 29,103#1,186 Franks · 29,066#1,188 Kendall · 28,998#1,189 Sweet · 28,989

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Whitfield, most common first.

#21,625 Whitefield · 1,230#48,441 Whitfill · 471

Also a first name

As a first name, Whitfield ranks #27,808 of 53,615, with 327 people. See Whitfield as a first name

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