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 | 8 |
Berkshire | 3 |
Cambridgeshire | 40 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 893 |
Cornwall | 20 |
Cumberland | 27 |
Derbyshire | 362 |
Devon | 46 |
Dorset | 15 |
Durham | 236 |
Essex | 207 |
Gloucestershire | 99 |
Hampshire | 87 |
Herefordshire | 44 |
Hertfordshire | 29 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 8 |
Isle of Man | 10 |
Kent | 162 |
Lancashire | 9,553 |
Leicestershire | 127 |
Lincolnshire | 125 |
London | 467 |
Middlesex | 87 |
Northumberland | 66 |
Norfolk | 153 |
Northamptonshire | 24 |
Nottinghamshire | 452 |
Oxfordshire | 8 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 8 |
Shropshire | 83 |
Suffolk | 13 |
Somerset | 87 |
Surrey | 65 |
Sussex | 42 |
Staffordshire | 878 |
Warwickshire | 187 |
Westmorland | 7 |
Wiltshire | 20 |
Worcestershire | 142 |
Yorkshire | 1,906 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 1 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 5 |
Carmarthenshire | 6 |
Denbighshire | 29 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 111 |
Merionethshire | 3 |
Montgomeryshire | 25 |
Monmouthshire | 51 |
Pembrokeshire | 9 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Cotton Weaver | 955 |
Living On Own Means | 180 |
General Labourer | 129 |
Cotton Winder | 117 |
Cotton C Weaver | 107 |
Cotton Spinner | 106 |
Dress Maker | 96 |
Scholar | 87 |
Farmer | 75 |
General Servant Domestic | 73 |
Coal Miner Hewer | 70 |
Domestic Servant | 39 |
Charwoman | 38 |
Dressmaker | 37 |
Iron Moulder | 37 |
Coal Miner | 36 |
House Keeper | 34 |
Cotton Card Room Hand | 33 |
House Keeper Domestic | 33 |
School | 33 |
Butcher | 31 |
Agricultural Labourer | 31 |
House Painter | 28 |
Woollen Weaver | 28 |
Servant Domestic | 27 |
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 |