Addington Surname

64,925th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,698 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Addington Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Addington = the Estate or Manor of the Ad(d)a or Æd(d)a Family. [A-.Sax. *Ad(d- or *Æd(d)inga-tun inga, genit. pl. of the fil. suff. -ing; tún, estate, &c.].

Addington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6901:54,1796,476
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
England3211:173,57715,862
Canada821:449,33638,948
Jamaica421:68,3323,418
South Africa411:1,321,40772,211
Australia391:692,19746,687
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
Scotland121:446,15118,166
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Norway81:642,78647,258
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
France71:9,488,960336,266
Wales61:515,75523,171
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
China31:455,773,85521,925
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2751:88,6389,253
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8761:57,3276,378

Addington (313) may also be a first name.

Addington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Addington = the Estate or Manor of the Ad(d)a or Æd(d)a Family. [A-.Sax. *Ad(d- or *Æd(d)inga-tun inga, genit. pl. of the fil. suff. -ing; tún, estate, &c.].

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Addington (the village of Eadda's people), the name of several places in England.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Parishes in Surrey, Bucks, Kent, and Northampton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Or De Abernon. Abernon, near Orbec, Normandy, was the seat of this family. Roger de A. in 1086 held lands from Richard Fitz-Gilbert in Surrey and Suffolk (Domesd.). Eguerrand de A. witnessed the Charter of Savigny, Normandy, 1112 (D’Anisy et St. Marie, sur le Domesd.). He occurs in Surrey, 1130 (Rot. Pip.). In 1165 Ingelram de A. held four fees of the Honour of Clare, and was a benefactor to Stoke-Clare, Suffolk (Mon. Angl. i. 1007). Sire John D’A. of Surrey, c. 1300, bore Azure a chevron or (Palgr. Parl. Writs). Reginald, brother of Ingelram, had a grant of Addington, Surrey, t. Henry II. He was patron of Church of Addington, and bore the name (Manning and Bray, iii. 564). His descendants, the Addingtons, bore the arms of Abernon, with different tinctures, as they still do. This branch became seated in Somerset and Devon, 13th century, where Walter de Abernon occurs, 1259 (Roberts, Excerpt.), and Gilbert de Edington in 1324. Thomas Addington of Leigh, Devon, and Essex, 1535, bore the arms now used by his descendant, Viscount Sidmouth (Harl. MS. 1080).

The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Kent, Surrey.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Addington Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Addington Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Addington (Russian: Аддингтон) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Addington click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Addington? popularity and diffusion

Addington is the 64,925th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 946,680 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 84 percent of Addington are found; 84 percent are found in North America and 84 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 496,565th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 313 people.

The last name Addington is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 6,690 people, or 1 in 54,179. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Georgia, where 5 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 38 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 4 percent reside and England, where 4 percent reside.

Addington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Addington has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Addington last name rose 764 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 117 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Addington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Addington are 21.29% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 68.06% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Addington earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 102.56% more than the national average, earning 701,029 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 57.54% more than the national average, earning R 374,364 per year; in United States they earn 2.98% less than the national average, earning $41,864 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.29% less than the national average, earning $46,060 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haddington95188/
Adington9438/
Addngton942/
Headdington900/
Eddington895,591/
Eadington89182/
Hadington891/
Addingtom891/
Adngton880/
Headington84907/
Heddington8466/
Goddington841/
Edington825,075/
Hedington78296/
Adinqtoun781/
Edingthon781/
Godington780/
Edngton751/
Goodington743/
Hoodington740/
Headengton740/
Hedengton671/

Addington Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Addington in the Russian language
Аддингтонaddington-

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