Arrington Surname

18,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,468 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Arrington Surname Definition:

(English) One who came from Arrington (the homestead of Erna’s people), a village in Cambridgeshire.

Arrington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States29,2321:12,3991,539
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines531:2,126399
Mexico321:3,878,94425,867
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Canada271:1,364,65295,501
England191:2,932,529101,561
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Trinidad and Tobago51:272,79511,064
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
China21:683,660,78330,601
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Macau11:601,6301,582
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8631:17,5412,237

Arrington (244) may also be a first name.

Arrington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who came from Arrington (the homestead of Erna’s people), a village in Cambridgeshire.

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

A parish in co. Cambridge.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Arrington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Arrington is found most frequently in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Arrington? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 18,703rd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 247,304 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Arrington reside; 93 percent reside in North America and 93 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Arrington is also the 571,890th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 244 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 29,232 people, or 1 in 12,399. In The United States Arrington is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 10 percent live, Georgia, where 10 percent live and Texas, where 9 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 40 countries. It is also found in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where 0 percent live and Mexico, where 0 percent live.

Arrington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Arrington has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Arrington surname rose 1,021 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 112 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Arrington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Arrington last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Arrington last name are 9.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.73% being registered with the political party.

The amount Arrington earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.2% less than the national average, earning $38,316 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.98% less than the national average, earning $41,248 CAD per year.

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