Whitham is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Whitham
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Whitham

How popular is Whitham?

Whitham is common in United States.

Whitham is ranked 99728 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Whitham bearers increased by 7.51762 per cent in 2010 US census to 1373 since 2000, the surname slipped by 88 spots and ranked at 19642. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.27 96.16
Others 1.75 1.25
Hispanic or Latino 1.53 0.94
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.58 0.39
Whitham is quite popular family name mostly used in England while New Zealand is ahead in terms of density. Around 4205 people have been found who wears Whitham as their family name. Whitham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
82,942 Zimbabwe8
67,494 South Africa3
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
897,276 Russia1
66,560 Philippines1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
153,416 Italy1
1,818 Guernsey1
172,258 Germany1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
62,267 Spain27
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,104 Wales56
Countries with hundreds of Whitham:
10,400 Australia267
14,400 Canada261
3,848 New Zealand199
4,108 Scotland144
Countries with thousands of Whitham:
4,601 England1,608
20,353 United States1,575

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Thomas Whitham worked as tailoress and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 18 years old embarked for New-Haven from Liverpool on Liverpool and arrived on November 6, 1848. Sarah Whitham, aged 20, are others that migrated to US.

Whitham Namesakes

  • James Whitham, Motorcycle Racer
  • Charles Whitham, Author
  • Charles Whitham, Author
  • Jared Whitham portrayed the leading role of Jimmy Stutz in 2009 comedy movie Steinjive.

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