Inions Surname

1,931,261st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 93 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Inions Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Eineon,' one of the many variants of the great Welsh personal name Enion or Eynon; v. Benyon. Inions is the genitive form; compare Jones, Watkins, Williams.

'Eineon (fl.

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Inions Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:1,428,66862,556
Canada231:1,601,982107,690
United States231:15,759,084542,937
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England311:786,30235,304

Inions Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Eineon,' one of the many variants of the great Welsh personal name Enion or Eynon; v. Benyon. Inions is the genitive form; compare Jones, Watkins, Williams.

'Eineon (fl. 1093) Welsh prince, and warrior, son of Collwyn, played a great part in the famous legend of the Conquest of Glamorgan by the Normans': Dictionary of National Biography.

The surname is, as might be expected, found chiefly on the Welsh border. But it is not common, Enion, Eynon, &c, being the modern surnominal forms. Onions is an imitative variant of the same name.

1503. Buried — Joane, d. William Ineon, of the plague: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1621-2. Hugh Inniones (upholder) and Gillian Pearson: Marriage Lic. (London).

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

= Enion's (Son): v. Enion.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Inions is evidently a form of Enion, a Welsh personal name.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Inions Last Name Facts

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

Inions has its highest incidence in England. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Inions? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,931,261st most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Inions live; 49 percent live in North America and 49 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Inions is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 1,428,668. In England Inions is mostly concentrated in: Berkshire, where 36 percent live, Shropshire, where 23 percent live and Buckinghamshire, where 15 percent live. Besides England Inions is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Inions Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Inions has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Inions surname grew 126 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Inions Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Inions surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.

Inions earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 27.5% less than the national average, earning $31,281 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ginions9217/
Inins910/
Gainions860/
Ininns8322/
Innins8313/
Einins832/
Unions832/
Jinins830/
Ginins830/
Hinins830/
Gingins77285/
Hingins772/
Henions771/
Jinnins770/
Ginnins770/
Inens731/
Ginens674/
Inyans673/
Injans671/
Ionins671/
Innens671/
Inhans671/
Einens670/

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