Little Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Little Name Meaning: Either from a person of small stature or quite the oposite. Or the younger of two bearers of the same personal name.

Little is one of the oldest of English surnames. From Middle English littel.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Little Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Little family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2,333
Agricultural Labourer 221
Domestic Servant 127
Coal Miner 123
General Labourer 122
Dress Maker 117
Labourer 107
Annuitant 79
General Servant 74
Farm Labourer 66
General Servant Domestic 60
Farmers Son 59
Joiner 54
Farm Servant Indoor 52
House Keeper 51
Charwoman 49
Draper 41
Laundress 40
Tailor 38
No Occupation 33
Farmers Daughter 32
Fisherman 32
Blacksmith 30
Carpenter 30
Farmers Wife 30

Little Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Little 100% 84,300
2 Lettle 83% 433
3 Litle 83% 149
4 Lightle 71% 129
5 Lytle 67% 126

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

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