Whitaker Name Meaning: Taken from the Anglo-Saxon 'hwitaecer' word meaning 'white acre' or 'white field'.
A name given to someone who lived or worked on cultivated land that grew wheat or grain, was also taken from places named 'whitaker' or similar.
Discover how your Whitaker ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 9 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 17 |
Channel Islands | 7 |
Cheshire | 209 |
Cornwall | 18 |
Cumberland | 2 |
Derbyshire | 189 |
Devon | 16 |
Dorset | 9 |
Durham | 15 |
Essex | 106 |
Gloucestershire | 26 |
Hampshire | 29 |
Herefordshire | 14 |
Hertfordshire | 47 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 60 |
Lancashire | 2,337 |
Leicestershire | 90 |
Lincolnshire | 98 |
London | 291 |
Middlesex | 12 |
Northumberland | 5 |
Norfolk | 58 |
Northamptonshire | 6 |
Nottinghamshire | 102 |
Oxfordshire | 10 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 2 |
Suffolk | 14 |
Somerset | 83 |
Surrey | 9 |
Sussex | 3 |
Staffordshire | 83 |
Warwickshire | 31 |
Westmorland | 20 |
Wiltshire | 31 |
Worcestershire | 44 |
Yorkshire | 3,349 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 1 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 2 |
Merionethshire | 2 |
Montgomeryshire | 0 |
Monmouthshire | 6 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Cotton Weaver | 193 |
Independent | 190 |
Agricultural Labourer | 162 |
Weaver | 142 |
Female Servant | 138 |
Farmer | 105 |
Labourer | 103 |
Wool Comber | 66 |
Male Servant | 58 |
Worsted Weaver | 54 |
Stuff Weaver | 47 |
Tailor | 35 |
Woollen Weaver | 34 |
Shoe Maker | 33 |
Clothier | 30 |
Cotton Spinner | 28 |
Dress Maker | 27 |
Cotton Piecer | 27 |
Coal Miner | 26 |
Blacksmith | 25 |
Calico Printer | 21 |
Joiner | 18 |
Butcher | 18 |
Mechanic | 17 |
Wool Sorter | 17 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Whitaker | 5,014 |
John Whitaker | 4,457 |
William Whitaker | 3,782 |
Sarah Whitaker | 2,905 |
James Whitaker | 2,697 |
Elizabeth Whitaker | 2,676 |
Thomas Whitaker | 2,317 |
George Whitaker | 1,990 |
Ann Whitaker | 1,796 |
Joseph Whitaker | 1,486 |
Jane Whitaker | 1,309 |
Hannah Whitaker | 1,283 |
Martha Whitaker | 1,172 |
Alice Whitaker | 1,136 |
Henry Whitaker | 1,083 |
Charles Whitaker | 951 |
Robert Whitaker | 913 |
Ellen Whitaker | 907 |
Margaret Whitaker | 903 |
Annie Whitaker | 882 |
Emma Whitaker | 871 |
Eliza Whitaker | 687 |
Samuel Whitaker | 678 |
Richard Whitaker | 657 |
Arthur Whitaker | 621 |