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

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

How popular is Whitley?

Whitley is common in United States.

Whitley is ranked 14138 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Whitley bearers increased by 2.507861 per cent in 2010 US census to 26732 since 2000, the surname slipped by 77 spots and ranked at 1313. The last name was found in around 91 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.22 74.59
Black 22.85 21.96
Hispanic or Latino 2.09 1.33
Others 1.89 1.31
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.52 0.51
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.44 0.3
Whitley is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Jersey is ahead in terms of density. Around 37349 people have been found who wears Whitley as their family name. Whitley is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
918,840 India5
720,003 Russia4
10,686 Costa Rica3
14,078 Japan3
32,086 Mexico3
37,372 Georgia2
6,103 Cyprus2
261 Vanuatu2
40,064 Nigeria2
18,718 Thailand2
50,640 Switzerland2
41,879 Turkey2
31,584 Peru1
10,958 Bangladesh1
7,191 Afghanistan1
1,254 Gibraltar1
49,101 Denmark1
24,771 Colombia1
9,116 Nicaragua1
810,193 Indonesia1
11,510 Oman1
9,591 Panama1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
8,268 Mauritius1
2,613 The Bahamas1
7,895 South Korea1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
374 Jersey39
52,316 Spain36
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
838 Guam24
5,067 Trinidad and Tobago22
42,407 Sweden22
15,050 Singapore18
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,804 Ireland98
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Whitley:
5,511 Canada791
3,891 Australia780
8,609 South Africa749
2,084 New Zealand362
31,047 Germany336
1,644 Jamaica161
2,488 Wales158
4,108 Scotland144
1,995 Northern Ireland119
Countries with thousands of Whitley:
2,640 England2,979
Countries with ten thousands of Whitley:
1,272 United States30,315
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patk. Whitley was 18 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 23, 1846. He lived in Great Britain where he worked as servant and took Henry Pratt from Liverpool. John Whitley, aged 20, James Whitley (24) Workman, Will. Whitley, aged 35, Immigrant John Whitley, Maid Agnes Whitley, Eliz. Whitley, aged 14, Matron Mary-Ann Whitley, Susan Whitley, aged 8, and 2 other Whitley around 37.5% of whom were servant migrated to US from Liverpool, Newry and Dublin.

Whitley Namesakes

  • Chris Whitley, Singer-songwriter
  • Jim Whitley, Soccer player
  • Diane Whitley, Writer
  • Kym Whitley, Comedian
  • Chris Whitley, Singer-songwriter
  • James Whitley Deans Dundas, Member of Parliament
  • Benton Whitley, Casting Director
  • Wilson Whitley, Football player
  • John Henry Whitley, British Politician
  • Keith Whitley, Singer
  • Kimberley Whitley, from 2013 comedy, horror flick Monstrum, who characterized Maria.

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