Whittington Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 73
Buckinghamshire 2
Berkshire 33
Cambridgeshire 9
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 20
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 9
Derbyshire 7
Devon 4
Dorset 1
Durham 23
Essex 9
Gloucestershire 19
Hampshire 239
Herefordshire 28
Hertfordshire 12
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 3
Isle of Man 0
Kent 51
Lancashire 104
Leicestershire 51
Lincolnshire 19
London 282
Middlesex 65
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 50
Nottinghamshire 55
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 3
Shropshire 3
Suffolk 0
Somerset 60
Surrey 81
Sussex 233
Staffordshire 31
Warwickshire 78
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 41
Yorkshire 218

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 8
Carnarvonshire 11
Carmarthenshire 10
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 14
Merionethshire 8
Montgomeryshire 24
Monmouthshire 48
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Whittington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Whittington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 436
Agricultural Labourer 60
Labourer 27
General Labourer 25
Domestic Servant 24
Dress Maker 23
General Servant 21
Gardener 17
Coal Miner 16
Laundress 15
Farm Labourer 11
Annuitant 9
Carpenter 9
Blacksmith 8
No Occupation 8
Errand Boy 7
General Domestic Servant 7
General Servant Domestic 7
House Keeper 6
Nil 6
Servant 6
Tailor 6
Cook Domestic 6
Lace Maker 6
Straw Plaiter 6

Most Frequent Forenames for Whittington

Name Census Frequency
William Whittington 968
Mary Whittington 930
John Whittington 780
George Whittington 588
Elizabeth Whittington 535
Thomas Whittington 443
Sarah Whittington 436
James Whittington 412
Henry Whittington 360
Ann Whittington 345
Jane Whittington 317
Richard Whittington 307
Eliza Whittington 250
Charles Whittington 249
Emma Whittington 194
Alice Whittington 192
Annie Whittington 188
Joseph Whittington 188
Edward Whittington 182
Ellen Whittington 178
Arthur Whittington 170
Frederick Whittington 168
Emily Whittington 161
Alfred Whittington 149
Hannah Whittington 143

Whittington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Whittington 100% 14,637
2 Whitington 91% 2,209
3 Wittington 91% 867

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

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