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

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

How popular is Whitaker?

Whitaker is common in United States.

Whitaker is ranked 6542 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Whitaker bearers increased by 4.182692 per cent in 2010 US census to 56616 since 2000, the surname slipped by 38 spots and ranked at 596. The last name was found in around 192 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 70.71 73.4
Black 24.33 23.2
Hispanic or Latino 2.03 1.25
Others 2.02 1.4
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.46 0.34
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.45 0.42
Whitaker is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 83195 people have been found who wears Whitaker as their family name. Whitaker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
1,005 Cayman Islands7
88,966 Czech Republic7
615,517 Russia6
45,974 Philippines6
9,759 Japan5
18,614 Thailand5
381,097 Ukraine4
27,602 Nigeria4
1,985 Cambodia3
25,074 Greece3
7,294 Kuwait3
3,818 Zambia3
4,138 Bahrain3
34,681 Norway2
3,014 Taiwan2
65,594 Belgium2
993 Guernsey2
723,167 Indonesia2
4,367 Afghanistan2
9,272 Ecuador2
24,269 Peru2
14,521 Portugal2
13,552 Qatar2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
176 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
846 American Samoa1
37,493 Austria1
2,377 Marshall Islands1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,309 Monaco1
2,232 French Polynesia1
3,307 Malta1
40,340 Malaysia1
6,212 Jamaica1
2,057 Isle of Man1
17,236 Ghana1
8,859 Iraq1
38,830 Morocco1
25,746 Finland1
49,101 Denmark1
13,447 Uganda1
2,613 The Bahamas1
7,941 Guatemala1
5,589 Sudan1
7,895 South Korea1
971 Seychelles1
7,340 Democratic Republic of The Congo1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
3,586 Honduras1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,255 Uruguay49
95,259 Italy45
33,176 Zimbabwe38
26,164 Sweden36
49,393 Netherlands35
2,622 Nicaragua29
21,901 Chile27
90,028 Germany22
3,212 Costa Rica20
15,050 Singapore18
477,287 India16
52,801 United Arab Emirates13
3,922 China11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,536 Northern Ireland83
3,494 Panama82
15,572 Switzerland72
4,790 Ireland71
Countries with hundreds of Whitaker:
865 New Zealand805
1,981 Scotland361
1,201 Wales327
14,944 Mexico262
50,564 France196
26,800 Argentina194
8,698 Colombia122
24,041 Spain115
2,219 Hong Kong107
Countries with thousands of Whitaker:
802 England9,072
2,523 South Africa2,575
5,864 Brazil2,385
1,713 Australia1,857
4,283 Canada1,052
Countries with ten thousands of Whitaker:
554 United States62,991
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

C.Mrs. Whitaker was 22 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 29, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as lady and took Great Britain from Liverpool. 9 years old Joseph Whitaker, Anne Whitaker, David Whitaker (25) Carpenter, 20 years old William Whitaker, John Whitaker, aged 17, John Whitaker, aged 22, Infant Roberth. Whitaker, John Whitaker (40) Workman, and 17 other Whitaker majority of whom were farmer and others worked as workman and gardner/grower migrated to US from Liverpool, Glasgow and Limerick.

Whitaker Namesakes

    Nick Whitaker, American actor who played the lead role in Benji: Off the Leash!
  • In 2015, Leah Whitaker portrayed the role of Princess of France in comedy movie Royal Shakespeare Company: Love's Labour's Lost.

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