Whittington Family History
Whittington Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of a large number of places
called Whittington, for example in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire,
Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and
Northumberland. The place name could mean ‘Hwita’s settlement’ (Old
English Hwitantun), ‘settlement associated with Hwita’
(Old English Hwitingtun), or ‘(at the) white settlement’
(Old English (æt ð?m) hwitan tune).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Whittington Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Whittington families
 96 - 190  33 - 95 |
 1 - 32  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Whittington families
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166 - 329 56 - 165 |
1 - 55 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Whittington families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Whittington Family Origin
Whittington Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Whittington
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Whittington Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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