Whittakers Surname

978,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Whittakers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Whittakers Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2611:103,43211,643
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Ireland

Whittakers Demographics

Whittakers Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 5 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Whittakers Last Name Facts

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

The last name Whittakers is most common in Australia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittakers? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 978,274th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 99 percent of Whittakers live; 99 percent live in Australasia and 99 percent live in Australia and New Zealand.

Whittakers is most widespread in Australia, where it is carried by 261 people, or 1 in 103,432. In Australia it is mostly found in: Victoria, where 77 percent are found and New South Wales, where 23 percent are found. Aside from Australia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Whittakers Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whitakers9511/
Wittakers951/
Whiteakers901/
Whitaker Iwase751/
Whitacres740/
Whitecross70926/
Whitecorss701/
Whittcross701/
Whiteacres700/
White-Cross671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Whittakers
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