Cunningham Name Meaning: Habitational name from 'Cunninghame of the county of 'Ayrshire'. 'Ham',recorded in 1180 + 'Ynghame',recorded 1227.
Adopted from 'Scottish' by 'Gaelic' bearers,'O'Cuinneagain' descendant of 'Cuinneagan' a personal name meaning 'leader,chief'.
Discover how your Cunningham ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 1 |
| Berkshire | 0 |
| Cambridgeshire | 5 |
| Channel Islands | 14 |
| Cheshire | 165 |
| Cornwall | 0 |
| Cumberland | 124 |
| Derbyshire | 42 |
| Devon | 44 |
| Dorset | 0 |
| Durham | 241 |
| Essex | 42 |
| Gloucestershire | 42 |
| Hampshire | 60 |
| Herefordshire | 5 |
| Hertfordshire | 0 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 2 |
| Isle of Man | 25 |
| Kent | 112 |
| Lancashire | 1,209 |
| Leicestershire | 10 |
| Lincolnshire | 69 |
| London | 675 |
| Middlesex | 18 |
| Northumberland | 165 |
| Norfolk | 149 |
| Northamptonshire | 0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 18 |
| Oxfordshire | 10 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 2 |
| Shropshire | 5 |
| Suffolk | 79 |
| Somerset | 18 |
| Surrey | 35 |
| Sussex | 37 |
| Staffordshire | 116 |
| Warwickshire | 120 |
| Westmorland | 21 |
| Wiltshire | 3 |
| Worcestershire | 6 |
| Yorkshire | 329 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 0 |
| Cardiganshire | 1 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 0 |
| Denbighshire | 15 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 9 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 0 |
| Monmouthshire | 9 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 582 |
| Labourer | 133 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 74 |
| House Servant | 45 |
| Dock Labourer | 44 |
| Servant | 36 |
| House Keeper | 30 |
| Cotton Weaver | 30 |
| Dress Maker | 27 |
| Shoe Maker | 22 |
| Hawker | 18 |
| General Servant | 17 |
| Laundress | 17 |
| Cook | 15 |
| Tailor | 14 |
| Nurse | 13 |
| Stone Mason | 13 |
| Farm Labourer | 12 |
| None | 12 |
| Coal Miner | 11 |
| Cotton Winder | 11 |
| Domestic Servant | 10 |
| Shipwright | 10 |
| Tailoress | 10 |
| Porter | 10 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Mary Cunningham | 3,653 |
| John Cunningham | 3,367 |
| James Cunningham | 2,422 |
| William Cunningham | 2,106 |
| Thomas Cunningham | 1,745 |
| Elizabeth Cunningham | 1,500 |
| Margaret Cunningham | 1,217 |
| Sarah Cunningham | 1,040 |
| Ellen Cunningham | 844 |
| Ann Cunningham | 826 |
| George Cunningham | 810 |
| Catherine Cunningham | 798 |
| Jane Cunningham | 793 |
| Robert Cunningham | 761 |
| Patrick Cunningham | 707 |
| Annie Cunningham | 614 |
| Edward Cunningham | 541 |
| Henry Cunningham | 539 |
| Joseph Cunningham | 533 |
| Charles Cunningham | 520 |
| Michael Cunningham | 503 |
| Eliza Cunningham | 437 |
| Alice Cunningham | 434 |
| Peter Cunningham | 432 |
| Bridget Cunningham | 382 |
| Rank | Surname | Match | Census Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cunningham | 100% | 43,473 |
| 2 | Conningham | 90% | 948 |
| 3 | Canningham | 90% | 805 |
| 4 | Cuningham | 90% | 748 |
The surname Cunningham is the most popular version of all its varients