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Gitting Family History

Gitting Name Meaning

from Guiting Power or Temple Guiting in Gloucs recorded as Getinge in 1086 Gutinge Guyting Gyting Gettinge and Gitting in the 13th century. The place-name derives from Old English gyte ‘a pouring forth a flood’ + the river name-forming suffix -ing. It is nowadays pronounced /gaitiŋ/ but surname preserves the older pronunciation /gɪtiŋ/. see Gitton .

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


Similar surnames: Gittings, Gutting, Witting, Getting, Bitting, Fitting, Gittins

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You can see how Gitting families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Gitting family name was found in the USA, and the UK between 1840 and 1920. The most Gitting families were found in USA in 1880. In 1840 there was 1 Gitting family living in Virginia. This was 100% of all the recorded Gitting's in USA. Virginia had the highest population of Gitting families in 1840.
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What did your Gitting ancestors do for a living?

In 1940, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the USA named Gitting. 100% of Gitting men worked as a Farmer. .

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Top Male Occupations In 1940

  • Farmer
    100%
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There are 112 military records available for the last name Gitting. For the veterans among your Gitting ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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