Whitlaw 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 1
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 4
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 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Whitlaw Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whitlaw family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Female Servant 2
Watch Maker 1
Printer 1
Tailor 1
Agricultural Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whitlaw

Name Census Frequency
William Whitlaw 12
Elizabeth Whitlaw 9
John Whitlaw 8
Mary Whitlaw 8
George Whitlaw 6
Jane Whitlaw 6
Alexander Whitlaw 4
Charles Whitlaw 4
Emma Whitlaw 4
Hannah Whitlaw 4
Sarah Whitlaw 4
Ann Whitlaw 3
Anne Whitlaw 3
Clara Whitlaw 3
Ellen Whitlaw 3
James Whitlaw 3
Thomas Whitlaw 3
Agnes Whitlaw 2
Catherine Whitlaw 2
Christinna Whitlaw 2
Edith Whitlaw 2
Florence Whitlaw 2
Peter Whitlaw 2
Richard Whitlaw 2
Selina Whitlaw 2

Whitlaw Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whitlow 86% 2,444
2 Whitelaw 88% 2,225
3 Whitelow 75% 262
4 Whitlaw 100% 171

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The surname Whitlaw is the 4th most popular variant of Whitlow.

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