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 | 14 |
| Buckinghamshire | 2 |
| Berkshire | 16 |
| Cambridgeshire | 25 |
| Channel Islands | 2 |
| Cheshire | 761 |
| Cornwall | 16 |
| Cumberland | 42 |
| Derbyshire | 328 |
| Devon | 32 |
| Dorset | 24 |
| Durham | 168 |
| Essex | 132 |
| Gloucestershire | 49 |
| Hampshire | 58 |
| Herefordshire | 25 |
| Hertfordshire | 31 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 3 |
| Isle of Man | 8 |
| Kent | 125 |
| Lancashire | 8,110 |
| Leicestershire | 89 |
| Lincolnshire | 163 |
| London | 447 |
| Middlesex | 30 |
| Northumberland | 54 |
| Norfolk | 92 |
| Northamptonshire | 13 |
| Nottinghamshire | 306 |
| Oxfordshire | 1 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 3 |
| Shropshire | 111 |
| Suffolk | 12 |
| Somerset | 66 |
| Surrey | 13 |
| Sussex | 25 |
| Staffordshire | 661 |
| Warwickshire | 183 |
| Westmorland | 2 |
| Wiltshire | 17 |
| Worcestershire | 103 |
| Yorkshire | 1,434 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 2 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 9 |
| Flintshire | 3 |
| Glamorgan | 39 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 25 |
| Monmouthshire | 47 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 5 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 2,813 |
| Cotton Weaver | 816 |
| Coal Miner | 162 |
| House Keeper | 129 |
| Dress Maker | 106 |
| General Labourer | 104 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 102 |
| Domestic Servant | 85 |
| Labourer | 78 |
| Cotton Winder | 75 |
| General Servant | 56 |
| Farm Labourer | 51 |
| Grocer | 46 |
| Joiner | 44 |
| Carter | 44 |
| Cotton Piecer | 44 |
| Cotton Spinner | 44 |
| Annuitant | 39 |
| Farmers Son | 38 |
| Woollen Weaver | 37 |
| Bricklayer | 36 |
| Butcher | 36 |
| Cotton Operative | 36 |
| Farmers Daughter | 31 |
| No Occupation | 30 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| 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 |