Whitchell 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 3
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 11
Middlesex 4
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 8
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 10

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Whitchell Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whitchell family

Profession Census Frequency
Machinist Fustian Clothing 3
Dress Maker 2
Attendant 1
Char Woman 1
Clerk 1
Draper's Porter 1
Envelope Folder 1
Seamstress 1
Ship Machinist Labourer 1
Commercial Traveller 1
Cutter Fustian 1
Engine Tenter (paper Mill) 1
Tailor's Fustian 1
Coal Porter 1
Delivery Office Clerck 1
Labourer Pipe Works 1
Nail Maker 1
Field Worker Agricultural Labourer 1
Gardener Domestic 1
Elementary School Mistress 1
Errand Girl Port 1
Railway Navvy 1
J.p Wills & Glore Living On Own Meands 1
General Servant Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whitchell

Name Census Frequency
John Whitchell 15
Mary Whitchell 13
Ann Whitchell 12
James Whitchell 12
Elizabeth Whitchell 9
Thomas Whitchell 9
William Whitchell 9
Margaret Whitchell 6
Sarah Whitchell 5
Alice Whitchell 4
Hannah Whitchell 4
Jane Whitchell 4
Joseph Whitchell 4
Arthur Whitchell 3
Charlotte Whitchell 3
Eliza Whitchell 3
Richard Whitchell 3
Robert Whitchell 3
Alexander Whitchell 2
Annie Whitchell 2
Caroline Whitchell 2
Ellen Whitchell 2
Ernest Whitchell 2
Henry Whitchell 2
Isabella Whitchell 2

Whitchell Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Witchell 89% 2,591
2 Whitchall 89% 369
3 Whitchell 100% 202
4 Wichall 67% 144
5 Witchel 78% 121
6 Witchall 78% 107

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The surname Whitchell is the 3rd most popular variant of Witchell.

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