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 occurs most in The United States. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gettings.
How Common Is The Last Name Gettings? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 173,355th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,939,712 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Gettings live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name Gettings is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 1,698 people, or 1 in 213,462. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 11 percent reside, Missouri, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 6 percent reside. Barring The United States Gettings exists in 19 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
Gettings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Gettings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gettings last name expanded 508 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 238 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 147 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 18 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 71 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gettings Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gettings last name is principally Catholic (98%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Gettings last name are 11.75% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.52% being registered to vote for 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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