Whittingham Surname

53,109th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,623 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jersey

Whittingham 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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Whittingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,9731:11,2041,662
United States1,7531:206,76520,264
Jamaica9371:3,063460
Australia7511:35,9464,729
Canada4471:82,4299,185
Wales2371:13,0571,448
Scotland1121:47,8024,201
New Zealand811:55,9058,836
South Africa601:902,96258,308
Jersey341:2,918527
Panama331:118,5534,252
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
France271:2,460,101186,232
Costa Rica261:183,8492,454
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Switzerland121:684,41046,196
Colombia101:4,777,40717,975
Barbados91:31,9391,516
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
Bahamas41:97,9381,027
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,1501:11,3371,738
Wales861:18,2371,068
Scotland171:220,1897,953
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1221:411,62930,405

Whittingham 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)

(English) belonging to Whittingham (Northumb.: 14th cent. Whitingham; Lanc.: 13th cent. Whytingham, Domesday Witingheham; Haddington: 13th cent. Whitingham), the Anglo-Saxon *Hwítinga-hám = the Home of the hwít(a Family [Old English hwít, white, fair + -inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing + ham, home, estate] Robert Whittingham.—Charter-Rolls, A.D. 1439-40.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Haddingtonsh.

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

Whittingham Last Name Facts

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

Whittingham occurs most in England. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Whittingham.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittingham? popularity and diffusion

It is the 53,109th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 757,305 people. The surname Whittingham is predominantly found in Europe, where 56 percent of Whittingham live; 56 percent live in Northern Europe and 56 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most frequently held in England, where it is carried by 4,973 people, or 1 in 11,204. In England it is most frequent in: West Midlands, where 10 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 8 percent reside and Greater London, where 8 percent reside. Excluding England this surname occurs in 53 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Jamaica, where 10 percent reside.

Whittingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Whittingham has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Whittingham surname rose 231 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,437 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 276 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 659 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Whittingham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Whittingham last name is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Whittingham surname are 6.63% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.4% being registered with the political party.

The amount Whittingham earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.92% less than the national average, earning 242,538 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 73.03% more than the national average, earning R 411,180 per year; in Colombia they earn 15.01% less than the national average, earning $19,293,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.59% more than the national average, earning $45,559 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.67% more than the national average, earning $53,494 CAD per year.

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