Witherspoon 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 95
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 11
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 6
Kent 12
Lancashire 20
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 4
Northumberland 6
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 3
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 14
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 10

Wales

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

Witherspoon Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Witherspoon family

Profession Census Frequency
School 19
Assisting In The Business 4
Moulder 3
Assisting At Home 2
Boarding House Keeper 2
Teacher Retired 2
Assisting In Business 2
Market Gardener 2
General Turner 1
Printers Boy 1
Cook (domestic) 1
Out Of Work Engine Fitter 1
Apprentice Fitter 1
Cartman (above Ground) 1
Chemical Worker 1
Coal Mine Shifter 1
Coal Miner Hewer 1
Coal Miner Putter (underground) 1
Coal Miner Waste Man 1
Colliery Labourer 1
Engine Man (above Ground) 1
Housepainter 1
Joiners Apprentice 1
Labourer 1
Labourer Colliery 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Witherspoon

Name Census Frequency
Robert Witherspoon 37
John Witherspoon 33
Mary Witherspoon 28
Joseph Witherspoon 21
Margaret Witherspoon 20
William Witherspoon 14
Sarah Witherspoon 12
George Witherspoon 11
Henry Witherspoon 11
Thomas Witherspoon 11
Ann Witherspoon 9
Elizabeth Witherspoon 9
Arthur Witherspoon 8
James Witherspoon 8
Jane Witherspoon 8
Annie Witherspoon 7
Louisa Witherspoon 7
Martha Witherspoon 7
Isabella Witherspoon 6
Frederick Witherspoon 5
Lucy Witherspoon 5
Richard Witherspoon 5
Frances Witherspoon 4
Hannah Witherspoon 4
Maria Witherspoon 4

Witherspoon Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Wotherspoon 91% 888
2 Witherspoon 100% 428
3 Weatherspoon 83% 192

Did you know?

The surname Witherspoon is the 2nd most popular variant of Wotherspoon.

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