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 61
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 52
Cambridgeshire 11
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 36
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 18
Devon 8
Dorset 8
Durham 34
Essex 31
Gloucestershire 68
Hampshire 342
Herefordshire 20
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 11
Isle of Man 0
Kent 91
Lancashire 150
Leicestershire 71
Lincolnshire 31
London 356
Middlesex 181
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 5
Northamptonshire 37
Nottinghamshire 67
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 11
Shropshire 4
Suffolk 6
Somerset 51
Surrey 190
Sussex 272
Staffordshire 53
Warwickshire 94
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 19
Yorkshire 361

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 6
Carnarvonshire 8
Carmarthenshire 11
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 78
Merionethshire 4
Montgomeryshire 17
Monmouthshire 127
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Whittington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whittington family

Profession Census Frequency
School 302
Farm Labourer 38
General Labourer 28
General Servant (domestic) 24
Private Means 24
Coal Miner Hewer 21
None 20
Dressmaker 18
Clerk 14
Domestic Servant 14
At Home 13
Shop Assistant 12
House Painter 11
Labourer 11
Farmer 11
Carman 10
Carpenter 10
Housekeeper 9
General Servant 8
At School 8
Assisting In The Business 8
Gardener Domestic 8
Carter 8
School Teacher 7
Blacksmith 7

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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