Cordingley Surname

172,053rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,501 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Cordingley Surname Definition:

Dweller at Cording’s or Cordin’s Lea: v. Cording [Middle English ley, Old English leáh, a lea]

Cordingley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,3191:42,2435,403
United States3961:915,30068,789
Australia3771:71,6078,462
Canada2831:130,19613,551
Wales261:119,0209,008
Scotland171:314,93014,413
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Netherlands81:2,110,89788,902
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
China21:683,660,78330,601
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
France11:66,422,722504,397
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0461:23,3033,247
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States621:809,97950,387

Cordingley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Dweller at Cording’s or Cordin’s Lea: v. Cording [Middle English ley, Old English leáh, a lea]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From Cottingley; a location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Cordingley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Cordingley occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cordingley? popularity and diffusion

It is the 172,053rd most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 2,913,853 people. The last name Cordingley occurs predominantly in Europe, where 56 percent of Cordingley live; 55 percent live in Northern Europe and 55 percent live in British Isles.

The last name is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 1,319 people, or 1 in 42,243. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Yorkshire, where 23 percent reside, Greater Manchester, where 19 percent reside and Greater London, where 7 percent reside. Besides England it occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent reside and Australia, where 15 percent reside.

Cordingley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Cordingley has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Cordingley surname expanded 126 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 639 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 1,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Cordingley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Cordingley last name are 10.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.32% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Cordingley earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 15.81% less than the national average, earning R 200,076 per year; in United States they earn 9.32% more than the national average, earning $47,169 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.46% more than the national average, earning $57,364 CAD per year.

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