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 | 4 |
Berkshire | 10 |
Cambridgeshire | 30 |
Channel Islands | 2 |
Cheshire | 711 |
Cornwall | 17 |
Cumberland | 28 |
Derbyshire | 294 |
Devon | 52 |
Dorset | 13 |
Durham | 150 |
Essex | 148 |
Gloucestershire | 38 |
Hampshire | 78 |
Herefordshire | 34 |
Hertfordshire | 17 |
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 4 |
Isle of Man | 3 |
Kent | 117 |
Lancashire | 7,712 |
Leicestershire | 107 |
Lincolnshire | 108 |
London | 417 |
Middlesex | 61 |
Northumberland | 41 |
Norfolk | 105 |
Northamptonshire | 2 |
Nottinghamshire | 334 |
Oxfordshire | 1 |
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 4 |
Shropshire | 68 |
Suffolk | 3 |
Somerset | 76 |
Surrey | 51 |
Sussex | 19 |
Staffordshire | 576 |
Warwickshire | 151 |
Westmorland | 7 |
Wiltshire | 19 |
Worcestershire | 135 |
Yorkshire | 1,396 |
Anglesey | 0 |
Brecknockshire | 0 |
Cardiganshire | 0 |
Carnarvonshire | 1 |
Carmarthenshire | 0 |
Denbighshire | 7 |
Flintshire | 2 |
Glamorgan | 41 |
Merionethshire | 0 |
Montgomeryshire | 25 |
Monmouthshire | 36 |
Pembrokeshire | 6 |
Radnorshire | 0 |
Profession | Census Frequency |
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Scholar | 2,006 |
Cotton Weaver | 919 |
Coal Miner | 202 |
General Labourer | 140 |
Cotton Winder | 111 |
Agricultural Labourer | 92 |
Cotton Spinner | 92 |
Living On Own Means | 90 |
Dress Maker | 89 |
Farmer | 86 |
Labourer | 80 |
Living On Her Own Means | 69 |
Domestic Servant | 61 |
House Keeper | 61 |
Carter | 57 |
Farm Labourer | 47 |
Cotton Operative | 45 |
Grocer | 45 |
Blacksmith | 45 |
General Servant Domestic | 38 |
Joiner | 37 |
General Servant | 36 |
Clerk | 35 |
Cotton Piecer | 33 |
Woollen Weaver | 29 |
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 |