Allingham Surname

169,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,540 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Allingham Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Allingham,' a parish in Kent.

1792. Married — Allen Allingham and Sarah Atkins: St. George, Hanover Square.

Allingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England7151:77,9278,748
Canada5911:62,3447,286
United States5271:687,77854,603
Australia3401:79,3999,249
New Zealand901:50,3158,125
Scotland691:77,5925,787
Denmark631:89,5998,581
Northern Ireland501:36,9013,535
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Wales201:154,72710,755
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1521:29,1442,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4031:60,4857,077
Scotland351:106,9495,179
Wales51:313,68310,604
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1411:356,16127,153

Allingham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Allingham,' a parish in Kent.

1792. Married — Allen Allingham and Sarah Atkins: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Allingham = the Home or Estate of the Ælle or Ælla Family. [Anglo-Saxon * Ællinga-hám -- inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing; hám, home, estate].

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Kent.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Kent.

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

Allingham Last Name Facts

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

The surname Allingham is more frequently found in England than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Allingham? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 169,814th most widespread surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,869,113 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Allingham live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 715 people, or 1 in 77,927. In England Allingham is mostly found in: Greater London, where 23 percent are found, Kent, where 10 percent are found and West Sussex, where 6 percent are found. Barring England Allingham is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 21 percent are found.

Allingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Allingham has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Allingham last name expanded 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 374 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Allingham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Anglican (77%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Allingham last name are 0.040000000000006% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.27% registered with the political party.

The amount Allingham earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 18.11% more than the national average, earning R 280,668 per year; in United States they earn 15.36% more than the national average, earning $49,775 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.45% less than the national average, earning $49,460 CAD per year.

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