Armiger Surname

249,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,592 people bear this surname

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

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.

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Armiger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8511:425,92136,838
England5261:105,92811,076
New Zealand1141:39,7226,688
Australia311:870,82953,581
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
Philippines151:6,749,215188,373
Wales101:309,45316,869
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England811:300,93020,318
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

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.

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

(Anglo-Latin) Armour - Bearer, Squire. [Middle English Latin armiger-Latin arma, arms; gerere, to bear].

Thomas Armiger. -Pat. Rolls.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Latin armiffer, an esquire, the next in degree to a knight. The upper servants of an abbey were also called Armigeri.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

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.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

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

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Armitge8612/
Armijer865/
Armiget861/
Armeger861/
Harmige861/
Armigez861/
Armager861/
Armuger860/
Armitsge801/
Harmeger800/
Harmidge800/
Armije7732/
Armiga7712/
Armise774/
Armice772/
Harmeijer7547/
Armhenger750/
Haarmeijer7148/
Garmize7129/
Harmice7114/
Armises7111/
Harmiga714/
Armezie711/
Armerza711/
Armoise711/
Armijes711/
Armegie710/
Harmise710/
Armoises675/
Garmaize672/
Harmiezi671/
Harmizie671/
Ormiguez671/
Armisead671/
Harmaize670/

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