Ellington Surname

28,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,033 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Ellington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ellington,' (1) a parish in Huntingdonshire; (a) a township in the parish of Woodhorn, Northumberland: (3) a township in the parish of Masham, North Riding of Yorkshire.

John de Ellington, Lincolnshire, 1273.

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Ellington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,5121:23,3662,939
England1,0341:53,8866,568
Panama9241:4,234509
Jamaica8371:3,429499
Canada1471:250,65023,792
Australia1311:206,07420,044
Scotland891:60,1554,924
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
South Africa661:820,87455,153
Russia371:3,895,218191,585
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Wales221:140,66110,115
Sweden191:518,25037,550
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Costa Rica91:531,1194,381
Israel71:1,222,51968,299
Belize61:59,2462,743
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
France61:11,070,454349,096
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Zimbabwe41:3,859,560114,807
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
China21:683,660,78330,601
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
San Marino11:33,214932
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2651:91,9839,487
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1851:22,9832,880

Ellington (914) may also be a first name.

Ellington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Ellington,' (1) a parish in Huntingdonshire; (a) a township in the parish of Woodhorn, Northumberland: (3) a township in the parish of Masham, North Riding of Yorkshire.

John de Ellington, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Geoffrey de Ellinton, Gloucestershire, ibid.

Henry de Elington, Oxfordshire, ibid.

John de Elington, Northumberland ibid.

Ricardus de Elyngton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1640. Married — Panll Wright and Ann Ellington: St. Peter, Cornhill.

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

(English) belonging to Ellington-the Estate or Manor of the Ell(a or Æll(a Family [v. under Eliingham; Old English tún, estate, &c.] John de Ellington.—-Hundred Rolls

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Ellington (the homestead of Ella’s people), in Huntingdonshire.

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

A location name in Hunts.

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

Ellington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ellington (Russian: Эллингтон) is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ellington? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 28,234th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 382,890 people. The last name Ellington occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Ellington are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 268,173rd most commonly occurring given name in the world It is held by 914 people.

This surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 15,512 people, or 1 in 23,366. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Georgia, where 13 percent are found, North Carolina, where 13 percent are found and Texas, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States Ellington occurs in 62 countries. It is also found in England, where 5 percent are found and Panama, where 5 percent are found.

Ellington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ellington has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 710 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 390 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ellington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Ellington surname are 12.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.04% being registered with the party.

The amount Ellington earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 274.67% more than the national average, earning R 890,364 per year; in United States they earn 4.9% less than the national average, earning $41,036 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.82% more than the national average, earning $51,581 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ellington Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ellington in the Russian language
Эллингтонellington-

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