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 1,877
Agricultural Labourer 198
General Labourer 164
Coal Miner 146
Dress Maker 122
Farmer 120
Domestic Servant 114
Living On Own Means 108
Labourer 91
Living On Her Own Means 89
General Servant Domestic 79
General Servant 75
Farm Servant 69
Laundress 54
Clerk 51
Blacksmith 48
Cotton Weaver 48
Farm Labourer 47
Joiner 45
Gardener 44
General Domestic Servant 44
House Keeper 42
Tailor 38
Draper 34
Charwoman 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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