Whittaker is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Whittaker
No. of characters: 9
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Whittaker

How popular is Whittaker?

Whittaker is common in England.

Whittaker is ranked 9501 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Whittaker bearers increased by 4.823308 per cent in 2010 US census to 17234 since 2000, the surname slipped by 77 spots and ranked at 2100. The last name was found in around 58 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 75.98 78.54
Black 18.05 16.67
Hispanic or Latino 2.85 1.87
Others 2.06 1.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.57 0.52
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.57
Whittaker is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Cayman Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 56859 people have been found who wears Whittaker as their family name. Whittaker is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,507 Thailand10
541,660 Russia8
7,646 Japan7
88,966 Czech Republic7
7,031 China6
8,411 Costa Rica4
1,014,159 India4
46,068 Philippines3
2,967 Vietnam3
661,536 Indonesia3
6,779 Nicaragua3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
1,647 Fiji3
16,136 Kenya3
3,949 Botswana3
7,683 Latvia3
3,752 Iraq3
4,104 South Korea2
2,617 Cambodia2
993 Guernsey2
2,401 Honduras2
23,344 Austria2
10,211 Bulgaria2
1,151 Brunei2
698 Antigua and Barbuda2
5,139 Bolivia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
1,970 Grenada1
353 Cook Islands1
734 Chad1
1,542 Andorra1
29,774 Venezuela1
2,374 Bermuda1
53,033 Nigeria1
31,584 Peru1
7,191 Afghanistan1
50,549 Georgia1
25,746 Finland1
40,340 Malaysia1
58,885 Poland1
696 Saint Kitts and Nevis1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
1,819 Laos1
5,916 Mozambique1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
14,373 Jordan1
49,529 Israel1
492,292 Ukraine1
9,498 Iceland1
19,533 Uruguay1
42,479 Greece1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,232 French Polynesia1
11,510 Oman1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
8,316 Portugal46
33,012 Belgium45
396 Isle of Man34
20,103 Norway33
17,489 Denmark30
595 Jersey28
42,407 Sweden22
46,826 Zimbabwe22
52,744 United Arab Emirates16
90,112 Germany14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,075 Panama98
29,959 Netherlands80
92,589 Brazil79
72,056 Italy78
1,548 Guyana75
12,039 Colombia70
17,456 Switzerland63
5,248 Singapore59
2,637 Trinidad and Tobago57
Countries with hundreds of Whittaker:
393 Wales892
962 Scotland853
30,009 France331
7 Cayman Islands295
1,467 Namibia244
252 Barbados233
1,439 Northern Ireland191
27,627 Turkey175
18,915 Spain161
2,776 Ireland153
7,635 Chile126
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Whittaker:
665 Australia4,571
1,496 South Africa4,456
1,523 Canada3,391
349 Jamaica1,196
553 New Zealand1,195
Countries with ten thousands of Whittaker:
1,986 United States20,297
382 England16,875
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

William Whittaker worked as workman and hailed from Kildare, Ireland. During the great famine, 28 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on David Cannon and arrived on September 30, 1848. William Whittaker, aged 18, Jonathan Whittaker, aged 18, Henry Whittaker, aged 25, Immigrant Jane Whittaker, Mary-Jane Whittaker, Born at sea Eleanor Whittaker, 29 years old Jas. Whittaker, Jas. Whittaker (24) Immigrant, and 36 other Whittaker around 43.48% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer migrated to US.

Whittaker Namesakes

  • Anthony Whittaker, Composer
  • Ian Whittaker, Set decorator
  • Alix Whittaker, Film producer
  • David Whittaker, Video Game Developer
  • Callum Whittaker, Cricket Player
  • Leon Whittaker, Soccer player
  • Gary Whittaker, Soccer player
  • Jodie Whittaker, Actress
  • Stephen Whittaker, Actor
  • Bob Whittaker, U.S. representative
  • Peter Whittaker, from 2015 action and adventure movie Raiders of the Lost Shark, who characterized Tyler.
  • Josh Whittaker, from 2014 drama film Laura, who played the Kyle.

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