Whitingham Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Whitingham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Whittingham,' a parish in Northumberland, eight miles from Alnwick; also a township in the parish of Kirkham, Lancashire.

1608. William Whittingham, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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Whitingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:3,979,861125,553
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England441:553,98629,025
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Whitingham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Whittingham,' a parish in Northumberland, eight miles from Alnwick; also a township in the parish of Kirkham, Lancashire.

1608. William Whittingham, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1608-9. Thomas Whittingham, Cheshire: ibid.

1669. George Whittingham and Susanne Sea good -. Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

1766. Married — Thomas Whittingham and Sarah Hudson: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

WHITTINGHAME: From the lands of Whittinghame in East Lothian. Gilbert de Whitingham was one of the witnesses to a charter by Patrick, first earl of Dunbar before 1214 (Raine, App., 116). Petrus de Wyttigham was witness to a charter by Constantine, son of Adam, son of Edulf, to the Abbey of Neubotle, c. 1245 (Neubotle, p. 19). A payment was made to David Wattinghame in 1557 (Guildry, p. 120).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

A parish in Northumberland, a township in Lancashire, and a parish in Haddingtonshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Whitingham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whitingham occurs in England more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whitingham? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Whitingham reside; 54 percent reside in Northern Europe and 54 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently used in England, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,979,861. In England it is mostly found in: Durham, where 29 percent live, Hampshire, where 14 percent live and West Midlands, where 14 percent live. Excluding England it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Whitingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Whitingham has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Whitingham surname fell 68 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it fell 88 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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