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
School 1,517
Private Means 143
Coal Miner Hewer 114
Farmer 112
Farm Labourer 104
General Labourer 98
General Servant (domestic) 82
Labourer 78
At School 66
None 66
Domestic Servant 65
Dressmaker 65
Clerk 54
Shop Assistant 51
General Servant Domestic 49
Housekeeper 46
House Keeper 43
Dress Maker 40
At Home 40
Laundress 36
House Painter 35
Charwoman 34
No Occupation 31
Joiner 30
Cook (domestic) 29

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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