Vittery Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Vittery Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the vicar.' The absence of 'Vicar' or 'Vicker,' and the great frequency of Vicary and Vickery, prove these to be official and not local. 'Sire preest, quod he, art thou a Vicary? Or art thou a Person? saysoth bythyfay.

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Vittery Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru781:407,48912,924
England241:2,321,58686,519
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808

Vittery Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an official title. 'the vicar.' The absence of 'Vicar' or 'Vicker,' and the great frequency of Vicary and Vickery, prove these to be official and not local. 'Sire preest, quod he, art thou a Vicary? Or art thou a Person? saysoth bythyfay. Chaucer, The Persones Prologue.

Richard Vicary. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

1574-5. Stephen Vyccarye and Margaret Johnson: Marriage Lic. (London).

1585. John Vicary, Devon: Register of the University of Oxford.

1749. Married — Thomas Piatt and Anne Vickery: St. George, Hanover Square.

1749. Married — James Brown and Jane Vickery: ibid.

Vittery seems to be a West country corruption.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin) belonging to Vitry (a common French place-name) = the Glass- Works [cp. French vitrerie, the mod. meaning of which is ‘glaziery’, 'glazier’s woik’; from vitre, Latin vitrum, glass (cp. Latin vitrari-us, glass-maker]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the French, Vitré; a personal name [Vivish] From the French, Fievez; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Vittery Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Vittery Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Vittery is carried by more people in Peru than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Vittery? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,459,453rd most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 49,914,698 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Vittery reside; 56 percent reside in South America and 55 percent reside in Andean South America.

This last name is most commonly held in Peru, where it is carried by 78 people, or 1 in 407,489. In Peru Vittery is primarily found in: La Libertad Region, where 56 percent are found, Lima Province, where 26 percent are found and Piura Region, where 5 percent are found. Not including Peru Vittery exists in 10 countries. It is also common in England, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 14 percent are found.

Vittery Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Vittery has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Vittery last name fell 8 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Vittery Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Vittery surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Vittery earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 8.63% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,712 per year; in United States they earn 48.58% more than the national average, earning $64,110 USD per year and in Canada they earn 91.55% more than the national average, earning $95,166 CAD per year.

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