Fotheringham Surname

95,493rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,983 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Fotheringham Surname Definition:

From Fotheringham in the parish of Inverarity in Angus. The name is a corruption of ancient Fotheringhay, from the manor and castle of that name in Northamptonshire, which was held in the twelfth century by the royal family of Scotland as part of the Honour of Huntingdon (Moore, The Lands of the Scottish kings in England, p.

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Fotheringham Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,6261:3,293583
England9681:57,5606,930
United States9141:396,56334,761
Australia6441:41,9195,357
Canada5381:68,4867,881
South Africa881:615,65646,403
New Zealand571:79,44411,532
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
Switzerland201:410,64630,429
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
Zimbabwe171:908,13259,260
Wales161:193,40812,484
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Barbados11:287,4482,772
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Falkland Islands11:3,132317
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
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Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1,0941:3,422568
England1631:149,54213,222
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States751:669,58243,760

Fotheringham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Fotheringham in the parish of Inverarity in Angus. The name is a corruption of ancient Fotheringhay, from the manor and castle of that name in Northamptonshire, which was held in the twelfth century by the royal family of Scotland as part of the Honour of Huntingdon (Moore, The Lands of the Scottish kings in England, p. 19). The name assumed its present form from the resemblance of final ay to m in old records. Dominus Robert de ffodryngay was witness to a Maule charter of 1261 (Panmure, II, 85). Master Henry of Fottyngham, presumably an Englishman, was rector of the church of Taruedal in Ross in 1274 (OPS., II, p. 522). Walter de Fodringgeye was one of the executors of the will of Dervorgilla, wife of John de Baliol in 1291 (Bain, II, 535). Roger de Foderingeye, vicar of the church of Kilmor (Kilmuir-Easter) in the county of Ross, and Huwe de Foderingeye of the county of Perth rendered homage in 1296 (ibid., II, p. 200,214). The seal of the latter bears a stag's head cabossed and S' Hvgon' de Foderigay. Henry de Foddiynghame who was deputy (locum tenens) of the sheriff of Perth in 1358 (ER., I, p. 553) is probably the Henry de Fodrynghay who witnessed a Brechin document in 1364 (REB., I, 20). William de Foddiynghame was sheriff of Banff in 1358 (ER., I, p. 548), Robyn of Fodryigame was one of the assize on the marches of Woodwrae in 1388 (Bamff, p. 22), Alexander Forigham (probably for Forigham = Foringham) appears as a witness in Brechin in 1464 (REB., II, 103), and Thomas Fodringhame of Poury (now Powrie) was witness to a charter by John Jardin of Appilgarth in 1476 (Home, 23). The Fotheringhams of Ballindean, Perthshire, are descended from the family of Powrie in Angus, a race that settled early in the province and are said to have derived their descent from Henry de Fodringhay who received the lands of Balewny, near Dundee, from Robert II previous to 1377 (RMS., I, 664). The name early travelled to Orkney, Richard Fodrungame being recorded as one of the "lawrikmen" there in 1446 (REO., p. 51). Foddringam 1482, Foderingam 1472, Foderinghame 1511, Fodiheryngham 1424, Fodingam 1486, Fodringam 1438, Fodringaym 1450, Fordryngham 1390, Fothergem 1516, Fothrengam 1483, Fothrenghame 1584, Fothringam 1494, Fothryngam 1450, Fothryngame 1427, Fothiynhame 1531, Fotringham 1565.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Fothering- ham = the Home or Estate of the Fother Family [Old English hám, home, &c.]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A place in the parish of Inverarity, co. Forfar.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A house supplying food.

— The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames (1862) by Clifford Stanley Sims (1839-1896)

Local. The house or town supplying food for man and beast, from Fother, as above, and ham, a village.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Inverarity, Scotland.

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

Average Male Fotheringham Height

174 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 25 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Fotheringham Last Name Facts

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

Fotheringham is most common in Scotland. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fotheringham? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 95,493rd most prevalent surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,462,482 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 54 percent of Fotheringham are found; 53 percent are found in Northern Europe and 53 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Fotheringham is most frequently occurring in Scotland, where it is held by 1,626 people, or 1 in 3,293. In Scotland Fotheringham is most numerous in: Fife, where 21 percent reside, Falkirk, where 8 percent reside and Perth and Kinross, where 7 percent reside. Not including Scotland it is found in 36 countries. It is also common in England, where 19 percent reside and The United States, where 18 percent reside.

Fotheringham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fotheringham has changed over time. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Fotheringham surname expanded 149 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 594 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it expanded 1,219 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fotheringham Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Fotheringham are 21.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.86% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Fotheringham earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 32.92% more than the national average, earning R 315,864 per year; in United States they earn 11.84% more than the national average, earning $48,257 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.47% more than the national average, earning $55,382 CAD per year.

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