Babington Surname

178,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,389 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Ireland

Babington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Babington,' a parish in Somerset, I five or six miles from Frome. Also hamlets, Great and Little Babington, near Hexham, Northumberland.

Hugh de Babintone, Derbyshire, 1273.

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Babington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8751:414,23935,992
England5371:103,75810,896
Australia3501:77,1319,013
Ireland1651:28,5392,576
Nigeria1161:1,527,09357,948
Canada951:387,84834,448
New Zealand831:54,5588,669
Scotland541:99,1456,812
Argentina411:1,042,52264,438
Wales151:206,30213,003
Northern Ireland141:131,7887,342
Norway91:571,36544,190
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland651:68,1525,061
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2621:93,0369,584
Scotland321:116,9765,458
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1581:317,84024,909

Babington (149) may also be a first name.

Babington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Babington,' a parish in Somerset, I five or six miles from Frome. Also hamlets, Great and Little Babington, near Hexham, Northumberland.

Hugh de Babintone, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Robert de Babington, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Richard de Babington Magna, Northumberland, ibid.

William de Babynton, Northumberland, 1340: Hodgson's History of Northumberland.

Henricus de Babbyngton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1576. John Babington, Nottinghamshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

1597. Henry Babington, Oxfordshire: ibid.

'Anthony Babington (1561-86), leader of a Catholic conspiracy against Queen Elizabeth, ... descended from John de Babington ... owner of the district round Mickle and Little Babington, or Bavinston, Northumberland': Dictionary of National Biography.

The writer adds that branches of this family settled in Derbyshire and Leicestershire. From the latter Macaulay took his second name.

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

(English) belonging to Babington = the Estate of the Bab(b)a Family. [Anglo-Saxon Bab(b)inga-tún inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

In 1180 Bartholomew Battayle was a royal officer in Normandy, and William B. also occurs there (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). The name continually appears in England 13th cent. (Testa de Neville), and Robert Battayle with Bernard de Babington (or Battayle) held Little Babington, Northumberland, by ancient enfeoffment (Ibid.). They were probably brothers or cousins.

The Norman People (1874)

The Bebbingtons derived their name from a Cheshire parish. The ancient family of De Bebington held the manor of that name for several generations up to the time of Richard II.; a younger branch settled at Nantwich, and one of its members lost six sons on the field of Flodden in 1513 (M.). The Bebbingtons have still their principal home in the Nantwich district, where they are numerously represented.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Babington Last Name Facts

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

Babington (Marathi: बाबीन्ग्तेन) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Babington? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 178,718th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,050,459 people. This last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Babington live; 36 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 754,880th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 149 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 875 people, or 1 in 414,239. In The United States Babington is most common in: Florida, where 9 percent are found, Maryland, where 8 percent are found and Missouri, where 8 percent are found. Not including The United States this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also common in England, where 22 percent are found and Australia, where 15 percent are found.

Babington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Babington has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Babington surname grew 554 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 205 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it grew 254 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 169 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it grew 1,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Babington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Babington surname is chiefly Anglican (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Babington last name are 27.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.76% being registered with the political party.

The amount Babington earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 20.34% more than the national average, earning 416,463 kr per year; in United States they earn 9.78% more than the national average, earning $47,369 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.61% more than the national average, earning $57,437 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bebington89198/
Wabington897/
Bobington896/
Vabington891/
Babimgton891/
Bawington890/
Bowington7841/
Wobington780/
Wasuhington700/
Wowington671/
Washbngton630/

Babington Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Babington in the Marathi language
बाबीन्ग्तेनbabin'gtena-

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