Whitelegg Surname

566,665th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 558 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Whitelegg Surname Definition:

A variant of Whately for a similar form.

1584. Married — William Hudson and Agnes Whytlegge: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Mary Whitlegg, of Gatley, 1670 Wills at Chester.

James Whitelegg, of Northendon, 1680: ibid.

'Thomas Whitelegg was the next witness.

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Whitelegg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4121:135,23813,274
Australia351:771,30649,759
Wales231:134,5459,804
Isle of Man191:4,517958
Ireland181:261,6089,673
Argentina161:2,671,463118,579
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3351:72,7628,044
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Whitelegg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A variant of Whately for a similar form.

1584. Married — William Hudson and Agnes Whytlegge: St. James, Clerkenwell.

Mary Whitlegg, of Gatley, 1670 Wills at Chester.

James Whitelegg, of Northendon, 1680: ibid.

'Thomas Whitelegg was the next witness.' Inquest at Coroner's Court, Salford, July 22. 1887: Manchester Courier, July 23, 1887.

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

Forms of Whiteley (q.v.) with the guttural g of the dat. form, leáge, of leáh, from, retained.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Has no reference to crural whiteness, but is the modern form of a very ancient personal name, Wihtlaeg, which is found in the genealogy of the Mercian kings.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The name of Whitelegg has been represented in Northenden ever since the reign of Henry VIII.; it is also an old Cheadle name (E.).

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

Whitelegg Last Name Facts

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

Whitelegg occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitelegg? popularity and diffusion

It is the 566,665th most numerous surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,060,118 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Whitelegg reside; 85 percent reside in Northern Europe and 85 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is borne by 412 people, or 1 in 135,238. In England Whitelegg is most prevalent in: Greater Manchester, where 41 percent reside, Cheshire, where 8 percent reside and Hertfordshire, where 7 percent reside. Not including England it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 6 percent reside and Wales, where 4 percent reside.

Whitelegg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whitelegg has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Whitelegg last name expanded 123 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 767 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Whitelegg Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Whitelegg earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 39.45% less than the national average, earning $26,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.7% more than the national average, earning $60,961 CAD per year.

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