as a Last Name
- 52,934
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Whitaker
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of various places named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ or hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘cultivated land’, as for example Whitaker in Lancashire and Whitacre in Warwickshire (both ‘white field’) or Whiteacre in Kent and Wheatacre in Norfolk (both ‘wheat field’).
| 525th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 52,934
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Whitaker per capita
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