Whetham Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Dorset 9
Hunts and Rutland 0
London 5
Norfolk 1
Nottinghamshire 2
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
Middlesex 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Northamptonshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Whetham Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whetham family

Profession Census Frequency
Carpenter 2
Agricultural Labourer 1
Dress Maker 1
Independant 1
Manufacturer 1
Merchant 1
Female Servant 1
Half Pay Army 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whetham

Name Census Frequency
Mary Whetham 25
William Whetham 25
John Whetham 17
Charles Whetham 14
Joseph Whetham 14
Elizabeth Whetham 11
Maria Whetham 11
Stephen Whetham 11
Arthur Whetham 10
Alice Whetham 8
Ellen Whetham 8
Emily Whetham 8
Frances Whetham 8
Sophia Whetham 8
Susan Whetham 8
James Whetham 7
Sarah Whetham 7
Albert Whetham 5
Edith Whetham 5
George Whetham 5
Harriet Whetham 5
Annie Whetham 4
Constance Whetham 4
Jane Whetham 4
Leonard Whetham 4

Whetham Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whitham 86% 14,736
2 Whiteham 75% 1,412
3 Whatham 86% 568
4 Whetham 100% 397
5 Wetham 86% 152

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The surname Whetham is the 4th most popular variant of Whitham.

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