Whitehead Name Origin, Meaning and Family History
Whitehead Name Meaning : A nickname for someone with very fair or white hair.
From the Middle English \"whit\" and \"heved\", Whitehead was a nickname for someone with prematurely white hair.
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Surname Distribution
Census frequency by county
Name Concentrations Within England and Wales
0
48
96
145
193
241
289
337
385
434
482
530
Buckinghamshire
100
Cambridgeshire
77
Cardiganshire
2
Channel Islands
3
Cheshire
578
Carmarthenshire
1
Cornwall
2
Cumberland
40
Derbyshire
211
Devon
16
Dorset
5
Durham
66
Essex
93
Flintshire
11
Glamorgan
4
Gloucestershire
105
Hampshire
46
Hertfordshire
55
Hunts and Rutland
60
Isle of Man
2
Kent
557
Lancashire
4,435
Leicestershire
78
Lincolnshire
182
London
944
Middlesex
68
Monmouthshire
9
Northumberland
106
Norfolk
37
Northamptonshire
87
Nottinghamshire
248
Oxfordshire
39
Shropshire
43
Suffolk
78
Somerset
96
Surrey
40
Sussex
18
Staffordshire
163
Warwickshire
342
Westmorland
177
Wiltshire
23
Worcestershire
13
Yorkshire
2,733
Anglesey
0
Bedfordshire
0
Brecknockshire
0
Berkshire
0
Carnarvonshire
0
Denbighshire
0
Herefordshire
0
Merionethshire
0
Montgomeryshire
0
Pembrokeshire
0
Radnorshire
0
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Whitehead Surname Statistics
Top Professions for the Whitehead family
Profession
Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer
298
Female Servant
278
Cotton Weaver
253
Independent
239
Labourer
177
Weaver
146
Farmer
137
Silk Weaver
92
Woollen Weaver
83
Shoe Maker
77
Male Servant
72
Cotton Spinner
72
Coal Miner
65
Cotton Piecer
64
Tailor
60
Ag Lab
59
Joiner
43
Dress Maker
41
Ag Labourer
37
Blacksmith
35
Hatter
35
Carpenter
34
Publican
33
Butcher
29
Dyer
27
Most Frequent Forenames for Whitehead
Name
Census Frequency
Mary Whitehead
9,651
John Whitehead
9,092
William Whitehead
7,735
James Whitehead
5,766
Sarah Whitehead
5,743
Elizabeth Whitehead
5,634
Thomas Whitehead
5,117
George Whitehead
3,916
Ann Whitehead
3,262
Joseph Whitehead
2,994
Jane Whitehead
2,553
Alice Whitehead
2,528
Hannah Whitehead
2,323
Henry Whitehead
2,187
Robert Whitehead
1,971
Charles Whitehead
1,930
Annie Whitehead
1,824
Ellen Whitehead
1,755
Eliza Whitehead
1,720
Emma Whitehead
1,695
Samuel Whitehead
1,631
Martha Whitehead
1,607
Margaret Whitehead
1,545
Edward Whitehead
1,445
Arthur Whitehead
1,183
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