Armitage Name Meaning: A topographic name from 'Old French' (h)ermitage 'hermitage',variant of old french (h)ermite 'hermit',one who lives in 'solitude',retired from 'society'.
This is an Anglo-French surname.The first recorded spelling is that of 'Richard De Ermitage',dated 1259.
Discover how your Armitage ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 15 |
| Buckinghamshire | 0 |
| Berkshire | 11 |
| Cambridgeshire | 27 |
| Channel Islands | 0 |
| Cheshire | 150 |
| Cornwall | 2 |
| Cumberland | 1 |
| Derbyshire | 51 |
| Devon | 15 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 125 |
| Essex | 19 |
| Gloucestershire | 22 |
| Hampshire | 21 |
| Herefordshire | 14 |
| Hertfordshire | 32 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 7 |
| Isle of Man | 3 |
| Kent | 41 |
| Lancashire | 791 |
| Leicestershire | 11 |
| Lincolnshire | 46 |
| London | 297 |
| Middlesex | 51 |
| Northumberland | 57 |
| Norfolk | 4 |
| Northamptonshire | 4 |
| Nottinghamshire | 64 |
| Oxfordshire | 4 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 7 |
| Shropshire | 0 |
| Suffolk | 2 |
| Somerset | 9 |
| Surrey | 9 |
| Sussex | 27 |
| Staffordshire | 19 |
| Warwickshire | 14 |
| Westmorland | 13 |
| Wiltshire | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 3 |
| Yorkshire | 5,442 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 2 |
| Carmarthenshire | 1 |
| Denbighshire | 0 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 3 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 1 |
| Pembrokeshire | 8 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,502 |
| Woollen Weaver | 134 |
| Coal Miner | 131 |
| Worsted Weaver | 79 |
| Dress Maker | 70 |
| Stone Mason | 38 |
| Domestic Servant | 36 |
| Cotton Weaver | 36 |
| Labourer | 36 |
| General Labourer | 34 |
| Worsted Spinner | 32 |
| Joiner | 30 |
| House Keeper | 29 |
| Annuitant | 28 |
| Woollen Spinner | 27 |
| Woollen Piecer | 26 |
| Grocer | 24 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 23 |
| Laundress | 22 |
| Cloth Weaver | 21 |
| Cotton Piecer | 19 |
| Iron Moulder | 17 |
| General Servant | 16 |
| General Servant Domestic | 16 |
| Cotton Spinner | 16 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Armitage | 3,577 |
| John Armitage | 3,200 |
| William Armitage | 2,586 |
| Sarah Armitage | 2,311 |
| George Armitage | 2,115 |
| Elizabeth Armitage | 1,991 |
| Joseph Armitage | 1,661 |
| Thomas Armitage | 1,475 |
| James Armitage | 1,368 |
| Ann Armitage | 1,283 |
| Hannah Armitage | 1,189 |
| Jane Armitage | 876 |
| Martha Armitage | 846 |
| Annie Armitage | 814 |
| Emma Armitage | 775 |
| Eliza Armitage | 674 |
| Charles Armitage | 665 |
| Ellen Armitage | 647 |
| Benjamin Armitage | 597 |
| Alice Armitage | 573 |
| Henry Armitage | 553 |
| Harry Armitage | 490 |
| Emily Armitage | 487 |
| Samuel Armitage | 481 |
| Arthur Armitage | 473 |