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 | 12 |
Berkshire | 7 |
Cambridgeshire | 25 |
Channel Islands | 3 |
Cheshire | 205 |
Cornwall | 2 |
Cumberland | 6 |
Derbyshire | 140 |
Devon | 56 |
Dorset | 10 |
Durham | 96 |
Essex | 110 |
Gloucestershire | 47 |
Hampshire | 54 |
Herefordshire | 7 |
Hertfordshire | 23 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
Isle of Man | 4 |
Kent | 78 |
Lancashire | 1,928 |
Leicestershire | 51 |
Lincolnshire | 48 |
London | 561 |
Middlesex | 90 |
Northumberland | 10 |
Norfolk | 38 |
Northamptonshire | 11 |
Nottinghamshire | 209 |
Oxfordshire | 11 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
Shropshire | 29 |
Suffolk | 16 |
Somerset | 54 |
Surrey | 71 |
Sussex | 41 |
Staffordshire | 88 |
Warwickshire | 100 |
Westmorland | 5 |
Wiltshire | 26 |
Worcestershire | 31 |
Yorkshire | 4,679 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 5 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 2 |
Carmarthenshire | 17 |
Denbighshire | 12 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 39 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 5 |
Monmouthshire | 17 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 3 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,390 |
Cotton Weaver | 310 |
Worsted Spinner | 94 |
Worsted Weaver | 91 |
Farmer | 80 |
General Labourer | 76 |
Coal Miner | 73 |
Living On Own Means | 67 |
Living On Her Own Means | 62 |
Dress Maker | 60 |
Domestic Servant | 58 |
House Keeper | 47 |
Labourer | 43 |
Agricultural Labourer | 40 |
Cotton Winder | 39 |
Tailor | 36 |
General Servant Domestic | 32 |
Butcher | 29 |
Tailoress | 28 |
General Servant | 27 |
Grocer | 26 |
Joiner | 26 |
Iron Moulder | 25 |
Clerk | 24 |
Woollen Weaver | 21 |
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 |