Whightman 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 1
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 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 11
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 8

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

Whightman Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whightman family

Profession Census Frequency
General Servant 1
Gardener 1
Plumber 1
Cottager 20 Acres Employing 1 Indoor Labourer 1
Farm Lab 1
Grocer 1
Currier 1
Day Scholar 1
Manager 1
Reeler Of Woollen Yarn 1
Woollen Cloth Finisher 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whightman

Name Census Frequency
Elizabeth Whightman 16
Mary Whightman 15
James Whightman 12
Sarah Whightman 10
William Whightman 10
Eliza Whightman 7
George Whightman 6
John Whightman 6
Annie Whightman 5
Martha Whightman 5
Charles Whightman 4
Edward Whightman 4
Ann Whightman 3
David Whightman 3
Henry Whightman 3
Jane Whightman 3
Joseph Whightman 3
Thomas Whightman 3
Alexander Whightman 2
Arthur Whightman 2
Emma Whightman 2
Esther Whightman 2
Ethel Whightman 2
Florence Whightman 2
Walter Whightman 2

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