Whiteman Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 101
Buckinghamshire 30
Berkshire 40
Cambridgeshire 20
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 15
Cornwall 4
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 100
Devon 12
Dorset 11
Durham 71
Essex 154
Gloucestershire 66
Hampshire 52
Herefordshire 22
Hertfordshire 15
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 21
Isle of Man 0
Kent 78
Lancashire 129
Leicestershire 38
Lincolnshire 22
London 422
Middlesex 65
Northumberland 42
Norfolk 44
Northamptonshire 144
Nottinghamshire 93
Oxfordshire 18
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 21
Shropshire 58
Suffolk 7
Somerset 1
Surrey 110
Sussex 201
Staffordshire 18
Warwickshire 121
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 24
Worcestershire 83
Yorkshire 147

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 28
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 32
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Whiteman Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whiteman family

Profession Census Frequency
School 249
Private Means 25
Farmer 25
Coal Miner Hewer 24
Farm Labourer 22
General Labourer 20
Dressmaker 17
Domestic Servant 16
None 16
General Servant (domestic) 14
Scholar 12
At Home 10
Labourer 10
Carpenter 9
Farmers Son Working On Farm 9
Dress Maker 8
Dock Labourer 7
House Keeper 7
Gardener (domestic) 7
Housemaid Domestic 7
Butcher 6
Bricklayer 6
General Servant 5
Coal Miner (hewer) 5
Laundress 5

Most Frequent Forenames for Whiteman

Name Census Frequency
William Whiteman 1,130
Mary Whiteman 959
John Whiteman 934
Elizabeth Whiteman 630
George Whiteman 571
Thomas Whiteman 560
Sarah Whiteman 545
James Whiteman 433
Ann Whiteman 365
Henry Whiteman 345
Jane Whiteman 302
Charles Whiteman 287
Edward Whiteman 237
Emma Whiteman 233
Joseph Whiteman 222
Annie Whiteman 218
Eliza Whiteman 218
Hannah Whiteman 209
Ellen Whiteman 205
Alice Whiteman 201
Emily Whiteman 185
Frederick Whiteman 170
Robert Whiteman 170
Arthur Whiteman 155
Walter Whiteman 145

Whiteman Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whiteman 100% 15,845
2 Wightman 50% 9,579
3 Weightman 56% 7,446
4 Whitman 88% 5,310
5 Whatman 75% 1,242
6 Wheatman 63% 962
7 Waitman 75% 204
8 Whetman 75% 111

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The surname Whiteman is the most popular version of all its varients

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