Family name Уитни (Whitney 
, Witney 
, Уитни 
) , in the world, is a common surname. The surname Уитни is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a common surname, Barbados, where it is quite a rare surname, and Bahamas. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. More prevalently, Уитни is the forename as well as the last name.