Howington Surname

153,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,864 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Howington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Howington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,8581:126,82313,449
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1821:275,92722,362

Howington Last Name Facts

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

Howington is found most frequently in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Howington? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 153,491st most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,544,534 people. The surname Howington is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Howington live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 2,858 people, or 1 in 126,823. In The United States Howington is most common in: Georgia, where 16 percent are found, Texas, where 12 percent are found and North Carolina, where 9 percent are found. Excluding The United States Howington occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Colombia, where 0 percent are found and Georgia, where 0 percent are found.

Howington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Howington has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Howington surname expanded 1,570 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Howington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Howington surname are 24.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 71.54% registered with the political party.

Howington earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.45% less than the national average, earning $38,207 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Owington941/
Hewington895/
Hawington893/
Ewington82720/
Obington820/
Habington7840/
Hawingtom781/
Awngton751/
Abington71458/
Ewengton710/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Howington
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