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 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 41
Channel Islands 24
Cheshire 110
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 9
Derbyshire 251
Devon 12
Dorset 1
Durham 32
Essex 171
Gloucestershire 38
Hampshire 21
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 44
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 20
Isle of Man 0
Kent 15
Lancashire 281
Leicestershire 22
Lincolnshire 107
London 378
Middlesex 34
Northumberland 11
Norfolk 34
Northamptonshire 22
Nottinghamshire 174
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 20
Shropshire 25
Suffolk 70
Somerset 16
Surrey 30
Sussex 27
Staffordshire 142
Warwickshire 63
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 25
Yorkshire 110

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 5
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 45
Flintshire 31
Glamorgan 2
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Carrington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Carrington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 446
Agricultural Labourer 66
Labourer 41
Coal Miner 29
General Servant 27
Dress Maker 22
Annuitant 19
Domestic Servant 18
Gardener 15
Lacemaker 14
Carpenter 14
Cotton Weaver 13
Laundress 12
Miner 11
Servant 11
Farm Servant 10
Joiner 10
Shoe Maker 10
Farm Labourer 9
Tailor 9
Blacksmith 9
Cook 8
General Servant Domestic 8
House Keeper 8
Fund Holder 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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