Whitebread Surname

426,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 811 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Whitebread Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a nickname. (1) A direct translation of the earlier Blanchpain. (2) But perhaps a corruption of Whitebeard, of which an early instance seems to be found below; compare Blackbeard, Brownbeard. The first derivation is feasible as translations of the French were.

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Whitebread Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5611:646,09451,847
England1671:333,64124,529
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
South Africa241:2,257,40496,432
Australia161:1,687,23181,699
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2141:113,90411,075
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States851:590,80839,807

Whitebread Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a nickname. (1) A direct translation of the earlier Blanchpain. (2) But perhaps a corruption of Whitebeard, of which an early instance seems to be found below; compare Blackbeard, Brownbeard. The first derivation is feasible as translations of the French were.

William Wytebred, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John Witbred, London, ibid.

Nicholas Wytberd, Gloucestershire, ibid.

Henry Whitbread. Rolls of Parliament.

1589. Married — Nicholas Wiblen and Catherine Whytebread: St, Dionis Backchurch.

1661. — Thomas Whitebread and Debora Boden: St. Mary Aldermary.

1750. Buried — Benjamin Whitebread, parish clerk: St. Michael, Cornhill.

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

= Whitbread, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The letter it is very apt to change places with the vowel preceding or following it; thus, the Old English brid has become bird, and firth, an estuary, is, among Southrons, frith. In like manner, the last syllable of this word was perhaps originally berd, that is, beard. Thus Whitebread would be a sobriquet, like Silverlock, Redhead, &c. See , however, ' Blancpain.' Witbred occurs in the Hundred Rolls; and in 11. Edward I. we meet with the names Will. Milkanbred, and Walter, son of Will. Milk and bred! N. & Q., Jan. 24, 1857. The notorious murderer, Eugene Aram, heroized by a modern novelist, was usher, in 1744, to the Rev. Mr. Painblanc, in Piccadilly.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The same as Whitbread; corrupted from the ancient name Whitberht, which might translate "very distinguished."

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

(English), White bread. Whitechurch, White church. Whiteford, White ford. Whitehall, White house. Whitehand, White hand. Whitehead, White head. White- horn, White corner. Whitehorse, White horse. White- house, White house. Whitehull, White hill or hovel. Whitehurst, White grove. Whitelaw, White land or pas­ture. Whiteling, White heath. Whitelock, White hair, lake, or canal-lock. Whiteman, Man clothed in white. White- stones, White stones. Whiteway, White road.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

From the Flemish, Wittebord; in the Domesday Book, Witbert, Wibert; a personal name.

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

The Whitebreads possess the name, if not the blood, of Samuel Whitbread, who purchased an estate in Woodnesborough in 1783 (H.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Whitebread Last Name Facts

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

Whitebread is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Whitebread.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitebread? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 426,196th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 8,985,877 people. Whitebread is predominantly found in The Americas, where 73 percent of Whitebread are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 561 people, or 1 in 646,094. In The United States it is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 28 percent are found, Missouri, where 11 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 21 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.

Whitebread Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whitebread has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Whitebread surname rose 660 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 22 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Whitebread Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Whitebread surname is primarily Catholic (89%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Whitebread surname are 1.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 54.55% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Whitebread earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 42.19% more than the national average, earning R 337,908 per year; in United States they earn 11.9% less than the national average, earning $38,015 USD per year and in Canada they earn 87.42% more than the national average, earning $93,118 CAD per year.

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