Gettings Surname
Approximately 2,479 people bear this surname
Gettings Surname Definition:
Richard Gittin, of Malpas, 1603: Wills at Chester.
Read More About This SurnameGettings Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,698 | 1:213,462 | 20,827 |
| England | 609 | 1:91,491 | 9,841 |
| Canada | 34 | 1:1,083,694 | 79,951 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| Wales | 25 | 1:123,781 | 9,267 |
| Northern Ireland | 23 | 1:80,219 | 5,468 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Guernsey | 4 | 1:16,110 | 1,225 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 58 | 1:76,377 | 5,461 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 256 | 1:95,216 | 9,764 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:170,146 | 6,794 |
| Wales | 17 | 1:92,260 | 4,121 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 334 | 1:150,355 | 13,950 |
Gettings Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Gitto or Gethin', a Welsh name. (2) Local; v. Gidden. This does not concern the Welsh surname with its variants. The following proves that Gethin was pronounced Gittin:
Richard Gittin, of Malpas, 1603: Wills at Chester.
The following was evidently a Welsh marriage:
1629. John Pughe and Elizabeth Gittins: Marriage Lic. (London).
Jane Gittens, of Lea, 1672: Wills at Chester.
Thus Gethin or Gittin is to Gittins or Gittens as Evan is to Evans, or William to Williams.
Gittins is a characteristic Shropshire name at present most numerous in Shrewsbury and its district, and associated with the past history of that town. John Gyttyns was thrice bailiff of Shrewsbury towards the close of the 15th century: Gittins was the name of a master of the Free School of that town in the reign of James I. (P.).
Gettings Demographics
Average Gettings Salary in
United States
$43,516 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gettings Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gettings Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gettings has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gettings? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 173,355th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,939,712 people. Gettings is primarily found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Gettings are found; 70 percent are found in North America and 70 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 1,698 people, or 1 in 213,462. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 11 percent are found, Missouri, where 9 percent are found and New York, where 6 percent are found. Beside The United States Gettings exists in 19 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
Gettings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gettings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gettings surname increased 508 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 238 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 147 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 18 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 71 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gettings Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gettings surname is principally Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Gettings surname are 11.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.52% being registered with the party.
The amount Gettings earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 0.85% more than the national average, earning $43,516 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.03% more than the national average, earning $73,544 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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