Last Name WHEATON

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Meaning	Local: So called from a place of the same name on the river Nen, Northamptonshire, England. 'Whitton,' Saxon, the white hill. 'Whiddon,' Cornish British, white.

Origin

Rank	3,758 (2000 US census)	3,805 (1990 US census)

Count	8,662 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.56%, or 6805 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
17.1%, or 1481 total occurrences, as black,
0.35%, or 30 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.79%, or 68 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.71%, or 148 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.5%, or 130 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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