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 101
Buckinghamshire 10
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 22
Channel Islands 20
Cheshire 139
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 333
Devon 16
Dorset 5
Durham 37
Essex 243
Gloucestershire 19
Hampshire 41
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 51
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 39
Isle of Man 0
Kent 25
Lancashire 535
Leicestershire 76
Lincolnshire 78
London 461
Middlesex 163
Northumberland 4
Norfolk 28
Northamptonshire 53
Nottinghamshire 282
Oxfordshire 1
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 39
Shropshire 16
Suffolk 65
Somerset 11
Surrey 36
Sussex 58
Staffordshire 222
Warwickshire 112
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 5
Worcestershire 57
Yorkshire 270

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 3
Carnarvonshire 4
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 40
Flintshire 36
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Carrington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Carrington family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 69
General Labourer 51
General Servant Domestic 27
Scholar 27
Dress Maker 22
Farmer 21
Servant Domestic 20
Tailor 19
Bricklayer 17
Cotton Weaver 17
Laundress Wash 16
Domestic Servant 16
Cook Domestic 15
Agricultural Labourer 15
House Maid Domestic 13
Charwoman 12
Coal Miner Hewer 12
Carpenter 11
Coal Miner 11
Coal Miner C Hewer 11
Gardener Domestic 9
Farm Labourer 9
Joiner Carpenter 8
Coal Hewer 7
Blacksmith 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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