Gittings Surname
Approximately 3,068 people bear this surname
Gittings Surname Definition:
Richard Gittin, of Malpas, 1603: Wills at Chester.
Read More About This SurnameGittings Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,662 | 1:218,086 | 21,204 |
| England | 929 | 1:59,976 | 7,130 |
| Australia | 136 | 1:198,498 | 19,506 |
| Wales | 117 | 1:26,449 | 2,746 |
| Canada | 85 | 1:433,478 | 37,831 |
| New Zealand | 55 | 1:82,333 | 11,809 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Northern Ireland | 15 | 1:123,002 | 7,073 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 553 | 1:44,078 | 5,490 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:71,292 | 3,399 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 354 | 1:141,861 | 13,333 |
Gittings 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.
(Welsh) The rough or unkempt man.
Gittin, a Welsh and Armorican personal name.
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.).
Gittings Demographics
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Gittings Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gittings Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gittings occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Gittings click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gittings? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gittings is the 144,753rd most frequently held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,375,341 people. Gittings occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Gittings are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Gittings is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,662 people, or 1 in 218,086. In The United States it is most frequent in: Maryland, where 16 percent reside, California, where 11 percent reside and Pennsylvania, where 8 percent reside. Besides The United States it occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in England, where 30 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.
Gittings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gittings has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Gittings surname expanded 469 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 532 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Gittings Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Gittings last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Gittings surname are 13.93% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.7% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gittings earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 64.77% more than the national average, earning R 391,560 per year; in United States they earn 9.68% more than the national average, earning $47,326 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.32% more than the national average, earning $56,300 CAD per year.
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