Whittington 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 29
Cambridgeshire 7
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 34
Cornwall 3
Cumberland 6
Derbyshire 23
Devon 3
Dorset 7
Durham 13
Essex 18
Gloucestershire 12
Hampshire 181
Herefordshire 25
Hertfordshire 15
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 0
Kent 56
Lancashire 175
Leicestershire 67
Lincolnshire 16
London 217
Middlesex 85
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 48
Nottinghamshire 49
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 5
Suffolk 2
Somerset 49
Surrey 93
Sussex 254
Staffordshire 51
Warwickshire 74
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 9
Yorkshire 229

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 10
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 35
Merionethshire 13
Montgomeryshire 12
Monmouthshire 68
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Whittington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whittington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 345
Agricultural Labourer 49
General Labourer 44
Coal Miner 22
Dress Maker 20
Domestic Servant 19
General Servant 16
Laundress 14
Farm Labourer 13
General Domestic Servant 13
General Servant Domestic 12
Living On Her Own Means 11
Blacksmith 11
Gardener 10
Living On Own Means 10
Labourer 9
Carpenter 8
Cotton Winder 8
Farmer 7
Joiner 7
Carter 7
Domestic 7
Baker 7
Grocer 6
Plumber 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Whittington

Name Census Frequency
William Whittington 968
Mary Whittington 930
John Whittington 780
George Whittington 588
Elizabeth Whittington 535
Thomas Whittington 443
Sarah Whittington 436
James Whittington 412
Henry Whittington 360
Ann Whittington 345
Jane Whittington 317
Richard Whittington 307
Eliza Whittington 250
Charles Whittington 249
Emma Whittington 194
Alice Whittington 192
Annie Whittington 188
Joseph Whittington 188
Edward Whittington 182
Ellen Whittington 178
Arthur Whittington 170
Frederick Whittington 168
Emily Whittington 161
Alfred Whittington 149
Hannah Whittington 143

Whittington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whittington 100% 14,637
2 Whitington 91% 2,209
3 Wittington 91% 867

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The surname Whittington is the most popular version of all its varients

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