Whittle is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Whittle
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Whittle

How popular is Whittle?

Whittle is common in Canada.

Whittle is ranked 18890 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Whittle bearers increased by 3.337576 per cent in 2010 US census to 7307 since 2000, the surname slipped by 236 spots and ranked at 4828. The last name was found in around 25 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 80.22 83.95
Black 13.14 11.19
Hispanic or Latino 2.83 1.82
Others 2.5 2.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.71 0.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.47
Whittle is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 27575 people have been found who wears Whittle as their family name. Whittle is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
52,901 United Arab Emirates7
1,346 Bermuda6
9,759 Japan5
90,205 Germany5
114,007 Czech Republic4
1,014,159 India4
720,003 Russia4
25,074 Greece3
20,541 Peru3
14,054 China3
119,730 Brazil3
13,481 Qatar3
4,915 Panama3
23,344 Austria2
18,718 Thailand2
5,859 Mauritius2
6,103 Cyprus2
723,167 Indonesia2
12,172 Ghana2
1,256 Myanmar2
21,529 Singapore2
4,104 South Korea2
1,777 Jersey2
12,844 Pakistan2
5,318 Iraq2
66,560 Philippines1
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,057 Isle of Man1
91,024 Belgium1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
17,575 Kuwait1
1,818 Guernsey1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
15,162 Costa Rica1
3,350 Fiji1
53,505 Turkey1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,316 Portugal46
745 Barbados39
4,162 Trinidad and Tobago29
42,407 Sweden22
28,338 Norway20
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
28,061 Spain92
28,801 Netherlands84
17,456 Switzerland63
85,668 Italy56
Countries with hundreds of Whittle:
631 Jamaica571
1,523 Scotland486
1,581 New Zealand473
1,062 Wales373
1,588 Ireland333
42,934 France233
4,859 Chile207
1,698 Hong Kong142
2,133 Northern Ireland107
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Whittle:
795 England9,169
4,459 United States8,963
2,843 South Africa2,283
1,447 Australia2,202
3,417 Canada1,377
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Shoemaker Margt. Whittle from Ireland aboard the Fidelia from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 22 years old when she arrived in USA on June 1, 1846. Workman Jas. Whittle, 29 years old Thomas Whittle, Farmer Joseph Whittle, Immigrant Richard Whittle, Ann Whittle (52) Immigrant, Mary-Anne Whittle, aged 9, Workman John Whittle, Maid Mary Whittle, Jane Whittle (44) Immigrant, and 5 other Whittle around 37.5% of whom were workman migrated to US from Liverpool, Waterford and London.

Whittle Namesakes

  • Daniel Webster Whittle, Lyricist
  • Ricky Whittle, Actor
  • Annalise Whittlesea, Musical Artist
  • Annie Whittle, Singer
  • Lindsay Whittle, Welsh Politician
  • Brit Whittle, Actor
  • Bill Whittle, Blogger
  • Brenton Whittle, Actor
  • Brenton Whittle, Musical Artist
  • Brit Whittle, Actor
  • Natalie Whittle, from 2011 comedy and drama movie Speak Now 2010, who portrayed the Riley.

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