Surname ホイットニー (Whitney 
, ホイットニー) , throughout the world, is a common family name. The last name ホイットニー is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a common surname, Barbados, where it is quite a rare surname, and Bahamas. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. More prevalently, ホイットニー is the forename as well as the last name.