Davitt 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 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 11
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 6
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 1

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

Davitt Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Davitt family

Profession Census Frequency
Male Servant 1
Cotton Mixer 1
Lab 1
Female Servant 1
Gunner And Driver Rl Artillery 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Journeyman Shoe Maker 1
Journeyman Miner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Davitt

Name Census Frequency
Mary Davitt 89
John Davitt 77
James Davitt 69
Michael Davitt 37
William Davitt 34
Thomas Davitt 32
Patrick Davitt 28
Elizabeth Davitt 25
Margaret Davitt 22
Bridget Davitt 21
Edward Davitt 21
Catherine Davitt 20
Ann Davitt 14
Annie Davitt 14
Ellen Davitt 14
Joseph Davitt 13
Sarah Davitt 13
Jane Davitt 11
Martin Davitt 11
Nellie Davitt 9
Alice Davitt 8
Henry Davitt 7
Hugh Davitt 7
Julia Davitt 7
Kate Davitt 7

Davitt Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Devitt 83% 2,213
2 Davitt 100% 820
3 Devett 67% 392
4 Divett 67% 271

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The surname Davitt is the 2nd most popular variant of Devitt.

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