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Whitcutt Surname Meaning

from Middle English whit ‘white’ + cote ‘cottage cottages’. from or confused with the now extinct Whichcote from Wichcot a deserted medieval village in Stanton Lacy (Shrops) as some forms from Shrops suggest; note Christopher Whichcote 1599 Christopher Whitchcott 1610 in IGI (Burford Shrops);

Christofer Whitchcott or Whichcott 1620 in PROB 11 (Stoke Shrops). The place-name may derive from Old English wīc ‘dwelling specialized farm’ + cot ‘cottage hut shelter’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Whitcutt families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Whitcutt family name was found in Scotland in 1901. In 1901 there were 8 Whitcutt families living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Whitcutt's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of Whitcutt families in 1901.
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What did your Whitcutt ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Whitcutt. 100% of Whitcutt women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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Between 1971 and 2004, in the United States, Whitcutt life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1971, and highest in 2003. The average life expectancy for Whitcutt in 1971 was 68, and 79 in 2004.

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