Arminger Surname

1,152,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Arminger 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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Arminger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria1561:54,5868,575
United States331:10,983,604436,696
England111:5,065,278148,650
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Arminger 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

Arminger Last Name Facts

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

Arminger occurs more in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arminger? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,152,132nd most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 35,036,278 people. Arminger is primarily found in Europe, where 82 percent of Arminger are found; 76 percent are found in Western Europe and 76 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequently held in Austria, where it is borne by 156 people, or 1 in 54,586. In Austria Arminger is mostly found in: Upper Austria, where 76 percent live, Salzburg, where 18 percent live and Lower Austria, where 5 percent live. Other than Austria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and England, where 5 percent live.

Arminger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Arminger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Arminger surname grew 220 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 66 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Arminger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Arminger surname are 41.47% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 88.24% registered with the political party.

Arminger earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.15% more than the national average, earning $50,119 USD per year.

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