Witter Surname
Approximately 12,380 people bear this surname
Witter Surname Definition:
(Anglo-Scand.) Wise, Prudent [Late Old English witter, Old Norse uitr] (English) v. Wither (Wit-her).
Witter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,753 | 1:63,003 | 7,373 |
| Jamaica | 1,959 | 1:1,465 | 249 |
| Germany | 1,942 | 1:41,455 | 5,465 |
| England | 1,195 | 1:46,626 | 5,867 |
| Brazil | 392 | 1:546,108 | 20,459 |
| Canada | 331 | 1:111,316 | 11,908 |
| Netherlands | 312 | 1:54,126 | 9,292 |
| Australia | 96 | 1:281,205 | 25,117 |
| Ireland | 59 | 1:79,813 | 4,719 |
| France | 42 | 1:1,581,493 | 147,826 |
| Poland | 36 | 1:1,055,799 | 73,637 |
| Switzerland | 33 | 1:248,876 | 20,666 |
| Guyana | 30 | 1:25,407 | 2,928 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Costa Rica | 17 | 1:281,181 | 3,072 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Venezuela | 16 | 1:1,887,755 | 23,347 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 1:7,987 | 922 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Montserrat | 2 | 1:2,474 | 299 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 16 | 1:276,867 | 11,455 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 308 | 1:79,141 | 8,540 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,344 | 1:37,365 | 4,424 |
Witter (137) may also be a first name.
Witter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-Scand.) Wise, Prudent [Late Old English witter, Old Norse uitr] (English) v. Wither (Wit-her).
(Dutch.) A whitener, a fuller, bleacher.
Witter Demographics
Average Witter Salary in
United States
$44,838 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Witter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Witter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Witter is most common in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Witter? popularity and diffusion
It is the 42,165th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 588,655 people. The surname Witter occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Witter reside; 49 percent reside in North America and 49 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Witter is also the 790,880th most frequently held forename in the world, held by 137 people.
The surname Witter is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 5,753 people, or 1 in 63,003. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 12 percent live, Florida, where 9 percent live and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent live. Outside of The United States it exists in 58 countries. It is also found in Jamaica, where 16 percent live and Germany, where 16 percent live.
Witter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Witter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Witter surname rose 428 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 388 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 369 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Witter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Anglican (63%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Witter surname are 17.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.12% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Witter earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 20.02% more than the national average, earning 415,356 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 156.51% more than the national average, earning R 609,576 per year; in United States they earn 3.91% more than the national average, earning $44,838 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.58% more than the national average, earning $51,958 CAD per year.
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