Whister 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 1
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 3
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 3
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 1
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 1

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

Whister Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whister family

Profession Census Frequency
Independent 2
Journeyman 1
Wholesale Grocer 1
Independant 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Female Servant 1
Silk Winder 1
Painter 1
Watch Maker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Whister

Name Census Frequency
William Whister 15
John Whister 13
Mary Whister 13
Sarah Whister 12
Elizabeth Whister 11
Thomas Whister 10
James Whister 8
George Whister 6
Charlotte Whister 4
Florence Whister 4
Ann Whister 3
Anna Whister 3
Emma Whister 3
Henry Whister 3
Richard Whister 3
Walter Whister 3
Alfred Whister 2
Alice Whister 2
Arthur Whister 2
Benjamin Whister 2
Charles Whister 2
Dorothy Whister 2
Edward Whister 2
Eleanor Whister 2
Ellen Whister 2

Whister Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whister 100% 200
2 Whester 86% 167
3 Wister 86% 119

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

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