Wittaker Surname

1,527,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 136 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Kitts and Nevis

Wittaker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wittaker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States771:4,707,259244,676
Jamaica191:151,0505,132
England151:3,714,537119,675
Panama61:652,04310,051
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2231:109,30710,757
Wales161:98,0264,293
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1211:415,03030,604

Wittaker Last Name Facts

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

Wittaker is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Wittaker? popularity and diffusion

Wittaker is the 1,527,735th most widely held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Wittaker reside; 57 percent reside in North America and 57 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 4,707,259. In The United States Wittaker is most frequent in: New York, where 32 percent are found, West Virginia, where 6 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Not including The United States Wittaker occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 14 percent are found and England, where 11 percent are found.

Wittaker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Wittaker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wittaker surname decreased 36 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 93 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Wittaker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Wittaker are 18.2% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wittaker earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 38.3% less than the national average, earning $26,625 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.9% less than the national average, earning $35,324 CAD per year.

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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
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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 Wittaker
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