Armiger Surname
Approximately 1,592 people bear this surname
Armiger Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an official title, 'armiger,' an armour-bearer, a squire. This became Arminger, just as Potager became Pottinger, and Messager Messinger. Thus 'n' is intrusive.
Radulphus Normanill and Alicia uxor ejus, armiger, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameArmiger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 851 | 1:425,921 | 36,838 |
| England | 526 | 1:105,928 | 11,076 |
| New Zealand | 114 | 1:39,722 | 6,688 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Spain | 25 | 1:1,870,081 | 51,392 |
| Philippines | 15 | 1:6,749,215 | 188,373 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 81 | 1:300,930 | 20,318 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100 | 1:502,187 | 35,305 |
Armiger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an official title, 'armiger,' an armour-bearer, a squire. This became Arminger, just as Potager became Pottinger, and Messager Messinger. Thus 'n' is intrusive.
Radulphus Normanill and Alicia uxor ejus, armiger, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Thomas Armiger. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.
Nicholas Armiger. Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinesi.
Geofthe French Arminger, temp. Elizabeth: Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, temp. Elizabeth I.
Robert Amiger, ibid.
Thomas Armiger, of Beaconsthorp, Norfolk, 1573: History of Norfolk.
1634. Edward Armiger and Alse Budsdell: Marriage Lic. (London).
1746. Married — Robert Armiger and Elizabeth Bunbury: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Anglo-Latin) Armour - Bearer, Squire. [Middle English Latin armiger-Latin arma, arms; gerere, to bear].
Thomas Armiger. -Pat. Rolls.
Latin armiffer, an esquire, the next in degree to a knight. The upper servants of an abbey were also called Armigeri.
Armiger: the esquire who carried the knight’s shield. Robert Shallow Esquire, Slender says, is “a gentleman born, who writes himself armigero in any bill, warrant, quittance, or obligation armigero.” “Shallow. Ay, that I do, and have done any time these three hundred years.” We retain the word as a family name in Armiger.
Armiger Demographics
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Armiger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Armiger Come From? nationality or country of origin
Armiger is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Armiger? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 249,366th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,577,604 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 54 percent of Armiger are found; 54 percent are found in North America and 54 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 851 people, or 1 in 425,921. In The United States Armiger is most common in: Maryland, where 53 percent reside, Florida, where 7 percent reside and New Jersey, where 3 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also found in England, where 33 percent reside and New Zealand, where 7 percent reside.
Armiger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Armiger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Armiger last name expanded 851 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 649 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Armiger Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Armiger surname are 22.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.54% being registered with the party.
Armiger earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.28% more than the national average, earning $51,467 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armidger | 93 | 0 | / |
| Armige | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ermiger | 86 | 22 | / |
| Armitge | 86 | 12 | / |
| Armijer | 86 | 5 | / |
| Armiget | 86 | 1 | / |
| Armeger | 86 | 1 | / |
| Harmige | 86 | 1 | / |
| Armigez | 86 | 1 | / |
| Armager | 86 | 1 | / |
| Armuger | 86 | 0 | / |
| Armitsge | 80 | 1 | / |
| Harmeger | 80 | 0 | / |
| Harmidge | 80 | 0 | / |
| Armije | 77 | 32 | / |
| Armiga | 77 | 12 | / |
| Armise | 77 | 4 | / |
| Armice | 77 | 2 | / |
| Harmeijer | 75 | 47 | / |
| Armhenger | 75 | 0 | / |
| Haarmeijer | 71 | 48 | / |
| Garmize | 71 | 29 | / |
| Harmice | 71 | 14 | / |
| Armises | 71 | 11 | / |
| Harmiga | 71 | 4 | / |
| Armezie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Armerza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Armoise | 71 | 1 | / |
| Armijes | 71 | 1 | / |
| Armegie | 71 | 0 | / |
| Harmise | 71 | 0 | / |
| Armoises | 67 | 5 | / |
| Garmaize | 67 | 2 | / |
| Harmiezi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Harmizie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ormiguez | 67 | 1 | / |
| Armisead | 67 | 1 | / |
| Harmaize | 67 | 0 | / |
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