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 85
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 12
Cambridgeshire 44
Channel Islands 15
Cheshire 130
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 277
Devon 20
Dorset 0
Durham 13
Essex 210
Gloucestershire 18
Hampshire 17
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 43
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 17
Isle of Man 1
Kent 20
Lancashire 351
Leicestershire 34
Lincolnshire 120
London 411
Middlesex 88
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 32
Northamptonshire 41
Nottinghamshire 200
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 17
Shropshire 17
Suffolk 57
Somerset 8
Surrey 30
Sussex 24
Staffordshire 199
Warwickshire 106
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 2
Worcestershire 40
Yorkshire 190

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 56
Flintshire 23
Glamorgan 1
Merionethshire 2
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 2
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Carrington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Carrington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 619
Agricultural Labourer 80
Coal Miner 51
Labourer 30
Domestic Servant 29
Annuitant 22
Dress Maker 21
General Labourer 20
General Servant 20
Laundress 20
Carpenter 14
No Occupation 13
House Keeper 12
Tailor 11
Farm Labourer 10
Lace Maker 10
Bricklayer 9
Baker 8
Cotton Weaver 8
Farm Servant Indoor 8
Farm Servant 8
Joiner 7
Servant 7
General Domestic Servant 7
General Servant Domestic 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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