Carrington Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 11
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 25
Channel Islands 18
Cheshire 114
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 20
Derbyshire 278
Devon 13
Dorset 1
Durham 52
Essex 158
Gloucestershire 18
Hampshire 33
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 30
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 20
Isle of Man 0
Kent 52
Lancashire 384
Leicestershire 76
Lincolnshire 102
London 400
Middlesex 123
Northumberland 23
Norfolk 26
Northamptonshire 72
Nottinghamshire 230
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 20
Shropshire 9
Suffolk 53
Somerset 9
Surrey 34
Sussex 46
Staffordshire 175
Warwickshire 101
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 4
Worcestershire 26
Yorkshire 205

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 4
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 43
Flintshire 34
Glamorgan 3
Merionethshire 1
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Carrington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Carrington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 497
Coal Miner 67
General Labourer 44
Living On Her Own Means 42
Agricultural Labourer 40
Living On Own Means 30
Domestic Servant 29
Labourer 28
Farm Labourer 25
Farmer 23
Dress Maker 23
General Servant Domestic 22
General Domestic Servant 18
General Servant 16
Laundress 16
Tailor 14
Bricklayer 10
Cotton Weaver 9
Licensed Victualler 9
Carpenter 9
Errand Boy 8
Tailoress 8
Grocer 8
Joiner 8
Shoe Maker 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Carrington

Name Census Frequency
Mary Carrington 1,443
William Carrington 1,443
John Carrington 1,332
Elizabeth Carrington 908
Sarah Carrington 838
George Carrington 801
Thomas Carrington 758
James Carrington 572
Charles Carrington 431
Ann Carrington 429
Joseph Carrington 369
Ellen Carrington 363
Henry Carrington 353
Emma Carrington 345
Eliza Carrington 335
Jane Carrington 319
Alice Carrington 311
Samuel Carrington 302
Arthur Carrington 299
Robert Carrington 281
Martha Carrington 272
Frederick Carrington 271
Emily Carrington 268
Annie Carrington 265
Edward Carrington 255

Carrington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Carrington 100% 22,197
2 Currington 90% 1,417
3 Corrington 90% 389
4 Carington 90% 333

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

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