Whittaker Name Meaning: An Anglo-Saxon name taken from the the words 'hwit' meaning 'white' and 'aecer' meaning cultivated land/field'.
A name given to someone who worked or owned wheat fields or areas of land for cultivation. The surname may have also been taken from a place of a similar name.
Discover how your Whittaker ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.Bedfordshire | 0 |
Buckinghamshire | 11 |
Berkshire | 0 |
Cambridgeshire | 9 |
Channel Islands | 1 |
Cheshire | 640 |
Cornwall | 4 |
Cumberland | 38 |
Derbyshire | 146 |
Devon | 8 |
Dorset | 10 |
Durham | 44 |
Essex | 49 |
Gloucestershire | 32 |
Hampshire | 17 |
Herefordshire | 29 |
Hertfordshire | 21 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 1 |
Kent | 69 |
Lancashire | 4,969 |
Leicestershire | 13 |
Lincolnshire | 92 |
London | 240 |
Middlesex | 18 |
Northumberland | 21 |
Norfolk | 74 |
Northamptonshire | 1 |
Nottinghamshire | 124 |
Oxfordshire | 1 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 69 |
Suffolk | 7 |
Somerset | 62 |
Surrey | 27 |
Sussex | 8 |
Staffordshire | 420 |
Warwickshire | 89 |
Westmorland | 1 |
Wiltshire | 21 |
Worcestershire | 97 |
Yorkshire | 788 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 19 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 7 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 20 |
Monmouthshire | 3 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,311 |
Cotton Weaver | 352 |
Agricultural Labourer | 91 |
House Keeper | 89 |
Labourer | 86 |
Coal Miner | 81 |
Cotton Power Loom Weaver | 69 |
House Servant | 67 |
Silk Weaver | 66 |
Dress Maker | 59 |
Cotton Winder | 55 |
Cotton Spinner | 53 |
Carter | 46 |
Cotton Piecer | 44 |
Cotton Powerloom Weaver | 37 |
Laundress | 34 |
Blacksmith | 30 |
Servant | 29 |
Farmers Son | 28 |
Grocer | 26 |
Shoe Maker | 26 |
Cotton Factory Worker | 26 |
Bricklayer | 25 |
Domestic Servant | 25 |
General Servant | 25 |
Name | Census Frequency |
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Mary Whittaker | 6,831 |
John Whittaker | 6,342 |
William Whittaker | 4,946 |
James Whittaker | 4,293 |
Elizabeth Whittaker | 3,823 |
Thomas Whittaker | 3,416 |
Sarah Whittaker | 3,404 |
George Whittaker | 2,639 |
Ann Whittaker | 2,119 |
Alice Whittaker | 2,059 |
Joseph Whittaker | 1,792 |
Jane Whittaker | 1,767 |
Ellen Whittaker | 1,555 |
Robert Whittaker | 1,547 |
Henry Whittaker | 1,443 |
Margaret Whittaker | 1,372 |
Hannah Whittaker | 1,326 |
Annie Whittaker | 1,300 |
Martha Whittaker | 1,198 |
Charles Whittaker | 1,117 |
Richard Whittaker | 1,056 |
Emma Whittaker | 978 |
Samuel Whittaker | 952 |
Eliza Whittaker | 938 |
Edward Whittaker | 800 |