Witham Surname
Approximately 8,364 people bear this surname
Witham Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Witham,' parishes in Essex, Somerset, and Lincolnshire (3). The variant Whittum is American; compare Barnum for Barnham.
John de Wytham, 'the king's chaplain,' 1286: Cal. of Patent Rolls.
Read More About This SurnameWitham Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,277 | 1:68,687 | 7,988 |
| England | 1,894 | 1:29,418 | 3,969 |
| Australia | 596 | 1:45,295 | 5,683 |
| Canada | 299 | 1:123,229 | 12,908 |
| New Zealand | 59 | 1:76,751 | 11,256 |
| Thailand | 47 | 1:1,502,944 | 203,155 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| Wales | 34 | 1:91,016 | 7,411 |
| South Africa | 21 | 1:2,579,891 | 103,459 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Mexico | 6 | 1:20,687,701 | 53,861 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,200 | 1:20,313 | 2,887 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,584 | 1:31,704 | 3,817 |
Witham (79) may also be a first name.
Witham Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Witham,' parishes in Essex, Somerset, and Lincolnshire (3). The variant Whittum is American; compare Barnum for Barnham.
John de Wytham, 'the king's chaplain,' 1286: Cal. of Patent Rolls.
1625. Buried — A childe of William Wittam's: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1752. Baptised — Thomas, s. John Whittam: ibid.
1777. Married — Philip Paine and Mary Witham: St. George, Hanover Square.
(English) 1 belonging to Witham (Essex: Anglo-Saxon Chron., a.d. 913, ‘æt Witan hám; Linc.; Soms.), 13th cent. Witham = Wita’s Home or Estate [Old English wita, genit. witan-, wise man, councillor + hám, home, &c.] 2 for Whitham, q.v.
(English) One who came from Witham (Wita’s homestead), the name of several places in England; dweller near the Witham (forest river), a river in England.
Parishes and places in cos. Essex and Lincoln.
From Witham; a location name in Essex, Lincolnshire.
Witham Demographics
Witham Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Witham Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witham Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Witham is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Witham? popularity and diffusion
The surname Witham is the 60,251st most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 871,299 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Witham live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,083,225th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 79 people.
This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is carried by 5,277 people, or 1 in 68,687. In The United States Witham is primarily concentrated in: Maine, where 12 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Indiana, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in England, where 23 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.
Witham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Witham has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Witham last name increased 333 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 158 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Witham Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Witham surname is principally Methodist (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States Witham are 1.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 51.52% registered with the party.
The amount Witham earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 5.34% more than the national average, earning R 250,320 per year; in United States they earn 6.32% more than the national average, earning $45,874 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.08% more than the national average, earning $50,219 CAD per year.
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