Forrington 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 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 1
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 2
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 30
London 14
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 1
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 8

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Forrington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Forrington family

Profession Census Frequency
Labourer On Farm 2
Compositor 1
Drummer 1
Milliner 1
Cotton Winder 1
Butchers Manager 1
Furnace Man Siemans Patent 1
Agricultural Farm Labourer 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Assistant To Farmer 1
Farmer & Grain Merchant 1
Farmer Hay And Straw Merchant 1
General Domestic Servant 1
General Farm Servant 1
General Servant Domestic 1
Living On Own Income 1
Living On Own Means 1
Farm Foreman 1
House Keeper Domestic 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Forrington

Name Census Frequency
William Forrington 28
John Forrington 18
Annie Forrington 16
Charles Forrington 15
Elizabeth Forrington 13
Mary Forrington 13
George Forrington 11
Thomas Forrington 10
Alice Forrington 8
Joseph Forrington 8
Robert Forrington 7
Caroline Forrington 6
Albert Forrington 5
Ann Forrington 5
Sarah Forrington 5
Arthur Forrington 4
Edward Forrington 4
Eliza Forrington 4
Ellen Forrington 4
Harriett Forrington 4
Maud Forrington 4
Edith Forrington 3
James Forrington 3
Louisa Forrington 3
Margaret Forrington 3

Forrington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Farrington 90% 17,677
2 Ferrington 90% 1,391
3 Forrington 100% 309

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The surname Forrington is the 3rd most popular variant of Farrington.

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