Whittaker Name Meaning: An Anglo-Saxon name taken from the the words 'hwit' meaning 'white' and 'aecer' meaning cultivated land/field'.
A name given to someone who worked or owned wheat fields or areas of land for cultivation. The surname may have also been taken from a place of a similar name.
Discover how your Whittaker ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 3 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 18 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 410 |
Cornwall | 3 |
Cumberland | 32 |
Derbyshire | 68 |
Devon | 12 |
Dorset | 9 |
Durham | 5 |
Essex | 48 |
Gloucestershire | 29 |
Hampshire | 16 |
Herefordshire | 9 |
Hertfordshire | 12 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 13 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 24 |
Lancashire | 2,801 |
Leicestershire | 14 |
Lincolnshire | 34 |
London | 222 |
Middlesex | 14 |
Northumberland | 8 |
Norfolk | 28 |
Northamptonshire | 6 |
Nottinghamshire | 55 |
Oxfordshire | 9 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 13 |
Shropshire | 34 |
Suffolk | 2 |
Somerset | 28 |
Surrey | 2 |
Sussex | 10 |
Staffordshire | 209 |
Warwickshire | 34 |
Westmorland | 0 |
Wiltshire | 14 |
Worcestershire | 47 |
Yorkshire | 298 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 1 |
Denbighshire | 0 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 1 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 10 |
Monmouthshire | 18 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 5 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Cotton Weaver | 135 |
Weaver | 94 |
Female Servant | 88 |
Independent | 82 |
Labourer | 82 |
Agricultural Labourer | 76 |
Farmer | 73 |
Silk Weaver | 53 |
Cotton Spinner | 37 |
Cotton Piecer | 35 |
Male Servant | 35 |
Shoe Maker | 26 |
Power Loom Weaver | 24 |
Hatter | 21 |
Butcher | 19 |
Coal Miner | 18 |
Brick Layer | 17 |
Mechanic | 17 |
Tailor | 16 |
Joiner | 16 |
Grocer | 15 |
Publican | 13 |
Calico Printer | 13 |
Apprentice | 12 |
Blacksmith | 11 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Whittaker | 6,831 |
John Whittaker | 6,342 |
William Whittaker | 4,946 |
James Whittaker | 4,293 |
Elizabeth Whittaker | 3,823 |
Thomas Whittaker | 3,416 |
Sarah Whittaker | 3,404 |
George Whittaker | 2,639 |
Ann Whittaker | 2,119 |
Alice Whittaker | 2,059 |
Joseph Whittaker | 1,792 |
Jane Whittaker | 1,767 |
Ellen Whittaker | 1,555 |
Robert Whittaker | 1,547 |
Henry Whittaker | 1,443 |
Margaret Whittaker | 1,372 |
Hannah Whittaker | 1,326 |
Annie Whittaker | 1,300 |
Martha Whittaker | 1,198 |
Charles Whittaker | 1,117 |
Richard Whittaker | 1,056 |
Emma Whittaker | 978 |
Samuel Whittaker | 952 |
Eliza Whittaker | 938 |
Edward Whittaker | 800 |