Billington Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 215
Buckinghamshire 26
Berkshire 9
Cambridgeshire 3
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 480
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 7
Derbyshire 17
Devon 6
Dorset 5
Durham 4
Essex 48
Gloucestershire 4
Hampshire 12
Herefordshire 12
Hertfordshire 5
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 6
Isle of Man 0
Kent 17
Lancashire 1,843
Leicestershire 121
Lincolnshire 2
London 174
Middlesex 76
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 2
Northamptonshire 82
Nottinghamshire 17
Oxfordshire 10
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 6
Shropshire 32
Suffolk 1
Somerset 8
Surrey 24
Sussex 13
Staffordshire 319
Warwickshire 151
Westmorland 28
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 75
Yorkshire 190

Wales

Anglesey 8
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 3
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 16
Flintshire 2
Glamorgan 13
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 1

Billington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Billington family

Profession Census Frequency
Cotton Weaver 134
General Labourer 41
Farmer 34
Living On Own Means 32
Cotton Spinner 22
General Servant Domestic 20
School 19
Scholar 17
Cotton Winder 16
Dress Maker 15
Agricultural Labourer 13
Bricklayer 11
At School 11
Dressmaker 11
Tailoress 11
Domestic Servant 10
Joiner 10
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 10
Gardener Domestic 9
Plumber 9
Butcher 8
Laundress Wash 8
Charwoman 8
Coal Miner Hewer 8
House Painter 8

Most Frequent Forenames for Billington

Name Census Frequency
Mary Billington 1,675
John Billington 1,643
William Billington 1,497
Thomas Billington 1,144
Elizabeth Billington 1,089
James Billington 819
Sarah Billington 782
George Billington 762
Ann Billington 616
Jane Billington 589
Joseph Billington 563
Alice Billington 495
Margaret Billington 468
Edward Billington 464
Richard Billington 458
Ellen Billington 447
Charles Billington 403
Henry Billington 400
Robert Billington 395
Annie Billington 335
Eliza Billington 318
Emma Billington 287
Hannah Billington 251
Arthur Billington 236
Martha Billington 229

Billington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Billington 100% 24,157
2 Bellington 90% 2,883
3 Bollington 90% 1,551
4 Ballington 90% 768

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The surname Billington is the most popular version of all its varients

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