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 | 10 |
Berkshire | 3 |
Cambridgeshire | 15 |
Channel Islands | 0 |
Cheshire | 623 |
Cornwall | 17 |
Cumberland | 20 |
Derbyshire | 208 |
Devon | 13 |
Dorset | 19 |
Durham | 106 |
Essex | 93 |
Gloucestershire | 79 |
Hampshire | 53 |
Herefordshire | 46 |
Hertfordshire | 35 |
Huntingdonshire | 0 |
Isle of Man | 0 |
Kent | 151 |
Lancashire | 6,103 |
Leicestershire | 50 |
Lincolnshire | 108 |
London | 366 |
Middlesex | 31 |
Northumberland | 32 |
Norfolk | 100 |
Northamptonshire | 11 |
Nottinghamshire | 202 |
Oxfordshire | 1 |
Rutland | 0 |
Shropshire | 79 |
Suffolk | 7 |
Somerset | 51 |
Surrey | 34 |
Sussex | 24 |
Staffordshire | 503 |
Warwickshire | 110 |
Westmorland | 10 |
Wiltshire | 22 |
Worcestershire | 91 |
Yorkshire | 932 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 0 |
Carmarthenshire | 8 |
Denbighshire | 11 |
Flintshire | 0 |
Glamorgan | 6 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 29 |
Monmouthshire | 33 |
Pembrokeshire | 0 |
Radnorshire | 2 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 1,688 |
Cotton Weaver | 632 |
Labourer | 130 |
House Keeper | 121 |
Agricultural Labourer | 108 |
Coal Miner | 85 |
Domestic Servant | 80 |
Cotton Winder | 79 |
Dress Maker | 60 |
Cotton Spinner | 57 |
General Servant | 57 |
Hatter | 45 |
Grocer | 42 |
Silk Weaver | 38 |
Annuitant | 36 |
Servant | 35 |
Carter | 35 |
Weaver Cotton | 35 |
Milliner | 32 |
Wife Of Above | 32 |
Blacksmith | 32 |
Tailor | 30 |
Shoe Maker | 28 |
Miner | 27 |
Cotton Piecer | 27 |
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 |