How common is the last name Whitley?

25,367 people in the United States have the last name Whitley, about 1 in 11,783. It ranks #1,366 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WHITLEY

#1,366

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
25,367
About
1 in 11,783
This common or more
43.3%
Who bears it

Of the 25,367 people with the last name Whitley, 69.4% reported their origin as White, 22.5% as Black and 4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Whitley

#1,363 Pike · 25,377#1,365 Robison · 25,371#1,367 Jacob · 25,360#1,368 Ocampo · 25,342

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,919 Wheatley · 12,036#3,223 Whatley · 10,919#4,580 Whitlow · 7,499#5,046 Whittle · 6,740#6,902 Whiteley · 4,689#18,419 Whitely · 1,486#44,069 Whittley · 526#66,015 Wheetley · 324

Also a first name

As a first name, Whitley ranks #3,542 of 53,615, with 5,835 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1988, with 521 births. See Whitley as a first name

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