Whitam 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 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 9
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 19

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

Whitam Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whitam family

Profession Census Frequency
Wool Comber 3
Dyer 2
Beer House Keeper 1
Clerk 1
Coal Miner 1
Weaver 1
Mill Aprentice 1
Card Maker Journeyman 1
Female Servant 1
Independent 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whitam

Name Census Frequency
Mary Whitam 34
John Whitam 30
William Whitam 25
Sarah Whitam 22
Elizabeth Whitam 19
James Whitam 18
Thomas Whitam 14
Emma Whitam 9
Joseph Whitam 9
Alfred Whitam 7
Annie Whitam 7
George Whitam 7
Walter Whitam 7
Ann Whitam 6
Grace Whitam 6
Benjamin Whitam 5
Emily Whitam 5
Isabella Whitam 5
Margaret Whitam 5
Martha Whitam 5
Alice Whitam 4
Betty Whitam 4
Charlotte Whitam 4
Eliza Whitam 4
Ellen Whitam 4

Whitam Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whittam 86% 6,361
2 Whitam 100% 378
3 Whittom 71% 305
4 Whitmee 57% 219

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The surname Whitam is the 2nd most popular variant of Whittam.

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