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Origin Of The Surname Whittington
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Meaning Of The Surname Whittington
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Whittington
Whittington is a locational surname, originating from various places so-called across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to newcomers to a town, where the townspeople assigned the name of their original place of residence as a surname to differentiate them. Richard Whittington was a merchant and Lord Mayor of London, and was the real life inspiration for the protagonist in the famous pantomime ‘Dick Whittington and his Cat’. |
Whittington Statistics
Whittington is the number 764 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 12,706 share the surname Whittington in the UK.
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