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 118
Buckinghamshire 14
Berkshire 15
Cambridgeshire 35
Channel Islands 15
Cheshire 166
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 359
Devon 22
Dorset 4
Durham 37
Essex 292
Gloucestershire 14
Hampshire 43
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 61
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 39
Isle of Man 4
Kent 33
Lancashire 577
Leicestershire 66
Lincolnshire 92
London 522
Middlesex 229
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 32
Northamptonshire 54
Nottinghamshire 372
Oxfordshire 12
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 39
Shropshire 22
Suffolk 54
Somerset 12
Surrey 50
Sussex 50
Staffordshire 213
Warwickshire 124
Westmorland 1
Wiltshire 8
Worcestershire 82
Yorkshire 371

Wales

Anglesey 2
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 6
Carmarthenshire 1
Denbighshire 41
Flintshire 28
Glamorgan 19
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 4
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Carrington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Carrington family

Profession Census Frequency
School 390
Coal Miner Hewer 51
Private Means 48
Farm Labourer 36
Labourer 28
General Labourer 23
General Servant (domestic) 23
Domestic Servant 21
Dressmaker 20
House Painter 15
Farmer 15
Shop Assistant 14
Carter 14
Laundress 13
General Servant Domestic 13
None 12
At Home 11
Clerk 11
Housekeeper 11
Cotton Weaver 11
Bricklayer 10
No Occupation 10
School Boy 10
Carpenter 10
Tailor 10

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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