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Cunnynghame Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cunningham,' a district in North Ayrshire, containing a large number of parishes.
1502. Buried — Thomas Conningham: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1711. Married — Robert Hammond and Elizabeth Cunningham: ibid.
Read More About This SurnameCunnynghame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
Cunnynghame Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Cunningham,' a district in North Ayrshire, containing a large number of parishes.
1502. Buried — Thomas Conningham: St. Michael, Cornhill.
1711. Married — Robert Hammond and Elizabeth Cunningham: ibid.
Cunyngham. See under CUNINGHAM.
The northern district of Ayrshire, containing many parishes, whence the old earls of Glencairn. Conyngham and Cunynghame are varieties of this name.
CUNNGHAME: Local: From the district of Cunninghame in Ayrshire. Malcolm Canmore being hotly pursued by Macbeth took refuge in a barn, where a countryman called Malcolm the son of Friskin, concealed him by forking hay or straw over him; on the accession of Malcolm Can-more to the throne he granted to his deliverer the Thanedom of Cunninghame, and for his arms, argent a shake fork sable, with the motto, "Over fork over."
Local. A district in Ayrshire, Scotland. The name signifies the dwelling of the chief or king, from the Saxon, cyning, Dutch, koning, a leader or chief, and ham, a house or town.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cunynghame | 95 | 207 | / |
| Cunnyngham | 95 | 181 | / |
| Cunninghame | 91 | 206 | / |
| Cunyngham | 90 | 0 | / |
| Cunninghamme | 87 | 3 | / |
| Cunningham | 86 | 269,987 | / |
| Cuninghame | 86 | 128 | / |
| Cuninngham | 86 | 10 | / |
| Connyngham | 86 | 2 | / |
| Cunningame | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cunnyngahm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Cunnengham | 86 | 0 | / |
| Cunninngham | 82 | 23 | / |
| Cunninghamm | 82 | 18 | / |
| Cunninggham | 82 | 4 | / |
| Cunninghham | 82 | 4 | / |
| Cunnningham | 82 | 4 | / |
| Cunninghaam | 82 | 3 | / |
| Cunningaham | 82 | 3 | / |
| Cuunningham | 82 | 3 | / |
| Counningham | 82 | 2 | / |
| Cuinningham | 82 | 2 | / |
| Cunngingham | 82 | 2 | / |
| Cumnningham | 82 | 2 | / |
| Ccunningham | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cunninghama | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cunnihngham | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cunninghami | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cunninghjam | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cunnuingham | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cutnningham | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cuynningham | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cunninghamj | 82 | 1 | / |
| Cunninghasm | 82 | 0 | / |
| Cuningham | 80 | 507 | / |
| Conyngham | 80 | 373 | / |
| Cunningam | 80 | 25 | / |
| Cunymgham | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cunninghamii | 78 | 2 | / |
| Cunninnghaam | 78 | 1 | / |
| Conningham | 76 | 87 | / |
| Cunnimgham | 76 | 22 | / |
| Cunningahm | 76 | 19 | / |
| Cumningham | 76 | 10 | / |
| Kunningham | 76 | 8 | / |
| Cuuningham | 76 | 5 | / |
| Couningham | 76 | 5 | / |
| Cunninghom | 76 | 4 | / |
| Caunningam | 76 | 1 | / |
| Cunninggam | 76 | 1 | / |
| Cuiningham | 76 | 0 | / |
| Cauningham | 76 | 0 | / |
| Cunninghamová | 75 | 5 | / |
| Cuningam | 74 | 0 | / |
| Cumninghamm | 73 | 1 | / |
| Coningham | 70 | 168 | / |
| Cuningama | 70 | 1 | / |
| Conningam | 70 | 0 | / |
| Kuningham | 70 | 0 | / |
| Conningamh | 67 | 1 | / |
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