How rare is the last name Whitten?

13,167 people in the United States have the last name Whitten, about 1 in 22,701. It ranks #2,672 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WHITTEN

#2,672

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,167
About
1 in 22,701
This common or more
51.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,167 people with the last name Whitten, 83% reported their origin as White, 7.9% as Black and 4.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Whitten

#2,670 Yancey · 13,201#2,671 Satterfield · 13,186#2,673 Child · 13,159#2,674 Whipple · 13,156

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,029 Whitney · 33,509#10,554 Whitton · 2,899#15,624 Whidden · 1,800#25,659 Whiten · 1,007#40,219 Whetten · 588#57,177 Whiton · 385#72,089 Whittum · 291#97,359 Whetton · 200

Also a first name

As a first name, Whitten ranks #24,726 of 53,615, with 388 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2022, with 43 births. See Whitten as a first name

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