How common is the last name Whitney?

33,509 people in the United States have the last name Whitney, about 1 in 8,920. It ranks #1,029 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WHITNEY

#1,029

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
33,509
About
1 in 8,920
This common or more
40.1%
Who bears it

Of the 33,509 people with the last name Whitney, 82.7% reported their origin as White, 7.9% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Whitney

#1,027 Archer · 33,513#1,028 Petty · 33,510#1,030 Rollins · 33,500#1,031 Barrios · 33,453

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,672 Whitten · 13,167#25,659 Whiten · 1,007#102,164 Whitnah · 188

Also a first name

As a first name, Whitney ranks #598 of 53,615, with 88,892 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1986, with 9,781 births. See Whitney as a first name

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