Whitgreave Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Whitgreave Surname Definition:

Whitgreave: Whitgreave, a township in Staffordshire, gave name to this family. In the reign of Henry III. Robert Whitgreave, the first recorded ancestor, resided at Burton, near Stafford. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

Whitgreave Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:45,307,367917,113
England21:27,859,030389,889
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566

Whitgreave Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Whitgreave: Whitgreave, a township in Staffordshire, gave name to this family. In the reign of Henry III. Robert Whitgreave, the first recorded ancestor, resided at Burton, near Stafford. Shirley's Noble and Gentle Men.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Whitgreave Last Name Facts

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

Whitgreave is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Whitgreave click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitgreave? popularity and diffusion

The last name Whitgreave is the 6,063,924th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Whitgreave are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Whitgreave is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 45,307,367. In The United States Whitgreave is mostly concentrated in: South Carolina, where 63 percent are found and Michigan, where 38 percent are found. Aside from The United States Whitgreave occurs in one country. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found.

Whitgreave Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whitgreave has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Whitgreave surname declined 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Whitgreave Last Name Statistics demography

Whitgreave earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.2% more than the national average, earning $56,179 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whitgrave950/
Whitgrove8489/
Wittgreve8421/
Whitegrove802/
Wittgrebe7425/
Whitgrafe740/
White-Garvey731/
Wittgraebe701/
Wittgräbe6314/
Bedgrave560/

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