Dewitt 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 8
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 10
Dorset 2
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 7
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 2

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

Dewitt Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Dewitt family

Profession Census Frequency
Seaman R Navy 9
Scholar 8
Agricultural Labourer 3
Fund Holder 3
Joiner 1
Headsman 1
Lace Maker 1
Butcher 1
Apprentice 1
Dress Maker 1
Grocer 1
Labourer 1
Railway Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Dewitt

Name Census Frequency
William Dewitt 31
Mary Dewitt 26
John Dewitt 24
Robert Dewitt 19
Elizabeth Dewitt 15
George Dewitt 15
James Dewitt 12
Thomas Dewitt 12
Ann Dewitt 10
Sarah Dewitt 9
Martha Dewitt 8
Hannah Dewitt 7
Annie Dewitt 6
Henry Dewitt 6
Alice Dewitt 5
Arthur Dewitt 5
Charles Dewitt 5
Emma Dewitt 5
Frederick Dewitt 5
Jane Dewitt 5
Margaret Dewitt 5
Moses Dewitt 5
Albert Dewitt 4
Anne Dewitt 4
Richard Dewitt 4

Dewitt Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dewitt 100% 413
2 Dewett 83% 258
3 Dowett 67% 103

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The surname Dewitt is the most popular version of all its varients

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