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 110
Buckinghamshire 34
Berkshire 65
Cambridgeshire 28
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 14
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 5
Derbyshire 109
Devon 11
Dorset 20
Durham 63
Essex 94
Gloucestershire 75
Hampshire 70
Herefordshire 22
Hertfordshire 5
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 14
Isle of Man 0
Kent 65
Lancashire 141
Leicestershire 59
Lincolnshire 28
London 453
Middlesex 43
Northumberland 20
Norfolk 34
Northamptonshire 168
Nottinghamshire 78
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 14
Shropshire 61
Suffolk 29
Somerset 1
Surrey 68
Sussex 183
Staffordshire 36
Warwickshire 121
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 37
Worcestershire 61
Yorkshire 182

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 13
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 30
Pembrokeshire 2
Radnorshire 0

Whiteman Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whiteman family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 36
Farmer 27
General Labourer 21
Dress Maker 17
Coal Miner Hewer 17
Cook Domestic 16
Scholar 15
General Servant Domestic 14
Carpenter 11
Domestic Servant 11
Agricultural Labourer 10
Housemaid Domestic 9
Butcher 8
Charwoman 8
Commercial Clerk 7
Tailor 7
Farm Labourer 7
Gardener Domestic 7
House Keeper Domestic 6
Railway Porter 6
Tailoress 6
Coal Hewer 6
School 6
General Domestic 6
Laundress Wash 6

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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