Whittlesea Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Wales

Whittlesea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Whittlesea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1211:460,48030,233
Australia761:355,20729,862
Wales91:343,83718,086
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England491:497,45727,315

Whittlesea Last Name Facts

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

The surname Whittlesea has its highest incidence in England. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Whittlesea.

How Common Is The Last Name Whittlesea? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,129,067th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Whittlesea live; 61 percent live in Northern Europe and 61 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 121 people, or 1 in 460,480. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 23 percent are found, Kent, where 12 percent are found and Cambridgeshire, where 9 percent are found. Besides England it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 36 percent are found and Wales, where 4 percent are found.

Whittlesea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Whittlesea has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Whittlesea last name grew 247 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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
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  • 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 Whittlesea
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