Whitmore Family History
Whitmore Name Meaning
habitational name from any of various places named
Whitmore, for example in Staffordshire, from Old English
hwit ‘white’ + mor ‘moor’.Some bearers of the
name are descended from John of Whytenmere, Shropshire, who lived in
the 13th century. This form is probably a variant of Whittimere, a
place on the Staffordshire–Shropshire border, named in Old English
most probably as ‘pool associated with someone called Hwita’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Whitmore Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Whitmore families
 123 - 244  42 - 122 |
 1 - 41  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Whitmore families
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234 - 465 79 - 233 |
1 - 78 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Whitmore families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Whitmore Family Origin
Whitmore Immigration Information
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Whitmore Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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