Bitter Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 8
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Bitter Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Bitter family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 7
Agricultural Labourer 2
Annuitant 1
Licensed Victualler 1
Domestic Servant 1
Labourer`s Wife 1
Domestic 1
Dressmaker 1
Labourer In General Unemployed 1
Governess 1
General Servant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Bitter

Name Census Frequency
George Bitter 11
William Bitter 10
John Bitter 7
Mary Bitter 7
Sarah Bitter 6
Elizabeth Bitter 5
Emily Bitter 5
Thomas Bitter 5
Abraham Bitter 3
Ann Bitter 3
Ellen Bitter 3
Anna Bitter 2
Charles Bitter 2
Edward Bitter 2
Eliza Bitter 2
Frederick Bitter 2
Gustave Bitter 2
Joseph Bitter 2
Lucy Bitter 2
Maria Bitter 2
Sophia Bitter 2
Gertrude Bitter 1
Gustav Bitter 1
Gustavus Bitter 1
Hambrey Bitter 1

Bitter Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Butter 83% 36,633
2 Batter 83% 5,972
3 Botter 83% 427
4 Better 83% 336
5 Bitter 100% 140
6 Battier 71% 134
7 Beatter 71% 101

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The surname Bitter is the 5th most popular variant of Butter.

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