Witby 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 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 3
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 2
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Witby Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Witby family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
House Keeper 1
Book Binder 1
Grocer's Assistant 1
Hooker Of Cotton Fabrics 1
Assists In House 1
Labourer Widow 1
Brewers Cooper 1
Lead Agent 1
None 1
Gas Work Labourer 1
Smith Frame Machine 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Witby

Name Census Frequency
William Witby 21
Mary Witby 15
John Witby 13
Sarah Witby 11
Elizabeth Witby 10
Thomas Witby 8
James Witby 7
Charles Witby 6
Ann Witby 4
Emma Witby 4
Henry Witby 4
Jane Witby 4
Samuel Witby 4
Annie Witby 3
Eliza Witby 3
Florence Witby 3
George Witby 3
Richard Witby 3
Robert Witby 3
Ruth Witby 3
Abraham Witby 2
Hannah Witby 2
Harry Witby 2
Isaac Witby 2
Joseph Witby 2

Witby Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whitby 83% 11,696
2 Witby 100% 183

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The surname Witby is the 2nd most popular variant of Whitby.

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