Whisnant is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Whisnant
No. of characters: 8
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Whisnant

How popular is Whisnant?

Whisnant is common in United States.

Whisnant is ranked 133240 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Whisnant bearers increased by 4.17717 per cent in 2010 US census to 2893 since 2000, the surname slipped by 402 spots and ranked at 10993. The last name was found in around 10 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.01 91.43
Black 7.29 6.05
Others 1.56 1.15
Hispanic or Latino 0.76 0.79
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.21 0.18
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.17 0.4
Whisnant is not so popular last name but still a prevalent surname concentrated mainly in United States which may be its originating country too. Around 2933 people have been found who wears Whisnant as their family name. Whisnant have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,235 Belize2
28,365 Kenya1
2,196 Liberia1
172,258 Germany1
7,895 South Korea1
279,271 Australia1
169,904 Brazil1
1,704,541 India1
118,015 Netherlands1
Countries with thousands of Whisnant:
12,120 United States2,923

Whisnant Namesakes

  • Gene Whisnant, Politician
  • Samuel Elliott Whisnant, Actor

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