Whits 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 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 8
Yorkshire 4

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

Whits Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whits family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 8
Domestic Servant 3
Artist 1
Dressmaker 1
Gun Maker 1
Coal Miner 1
Carman Railway 1
Monthly Nurse Retired 1
House Wife 1
Shoe Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whits

Name Census Frequency
Mary Whits 41
William Whits 38
John Whits 24
Thomas Whits 24
Elizabeth Whits 20
George Whits 16
Charles Whits 15
Henry Whits 14
Joseph Whits 13
Margaret Whits 13
Annie Whits 12
Eliza Whits 12
Hannah Whits 12
James Whits 12
Alice Whits 10
Frederick Whits 9
Sarah Whits 9
Arthur Whits 8
Edward Whits 8
Richard Whits 8
Ann Whits 7
Alfred Whits 6
Emma Whits 6
Lucy Whits 6
Walter Whits 6

Whits Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Witts 60% 8,129
2 Whites 83% 921
3 Whaites 71% 613
4 Whits 100% 591
5 Whitts 83% 126
6 Whates 67% 105
7 Whaits 83% 102

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The surname Whits is the 4th most popular variant of Witts.

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