Last Name WHITING

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Meaning Many hamlets called Whittington and Whittingham.
The white or fair offspring. The Saxon termination 'ing,' denoted offspring or child, as 'Cuthing,' the child of Cuth, 'Dun-wing,' the brown offspring, etc.
Origin English, Anglo-Saxon, Jewish, French, German, Irish

Rank 2,116 (2000 US census) 2,565 (1990 US census)
Count 15,719 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 78.77%, or 12382 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 16.21%, or 2548 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.55%, or 86 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.13%, or 178 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.6%, or 252 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.74%, or 274 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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