Littlewood Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 8
Berkshire 28
Cambridgeshire 9
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 99
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 247
Devon 10
Dorset 4
Durham 101
Essex 123
Gloucestershire 20
Hampshire 51
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 6
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 65
Lancashire 691
Leicestershire 43
Lincolnshire 37
London 217
Middlesex 78
Northumberland 14
Norfolk 122
Northamptonshire 4
Nottinghamshire 187
Oxfordshire 4
Rutland 0
Shropshire 14
Suffolk 30
Somerset 5
Surrey 70
Sussex 14
Staffordshire 100
Warwickshire 111
Westmorland 11
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 58
Yorkshire 2,602

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 6
Glamorgan 50
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 14
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Littlewood Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Littlewood family

Profession Census Frequency
School 445
Coal Miner Hewer 66
Weaver 36
Private Means 35
Labourer 29
At Home 27
Farmer 24
General Labourer 22
None 20
Carter 20
Dressmaker 19
Domestic Servant 17
Shop Assistant 16
At School 16
General Servant Domestic 16
Joiner 16
General Servant (domestic) 14
Farm Labourer 14
Housekeeper 14
Assisting In Business 13
Assisting In The Business 13
Bricklayer 12
Cotton Weaver 12
Coal Miner (hewer) 12
Student 11

Most Frequent Forenames for Littlewood

Name Census Frequency
Mary Littlewood 1,749
John Littlewood 1,661
William Littlewood 1,293
Sarah Littlewood 1,105
George Littlewood 1,092
Elizabeth Littlewood 961
Thomas Littlewood 780
Ann Littlewood 698
James Littlewood 691
Joseph Littlewood 619
Charles Littlewood 508
Hannah Littlewood 485
Annie Littlewood 460
Emma Littlewood 419
Jane Littlewood 416
Henry Littlewood 402
Robert Littlewood 397
Alice Littlewood 385
Martha Littlewood 370
Arthur Littlewood 365
Ellen Littlewood 346
Eliza Littlewood 332
Samuel Littlewood 303
Emily Littlewood 288
Alfred Littlewood 253

Littlewood Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Littlewood 100% 28,003
2 Lettlewood 90% 212

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

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