Islington Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Denmark

Islington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Islington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:2,785,90397,972
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Islington (15) may also be a first name.

Islington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Islington is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Islington? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,665,662nd most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 90 percent of Islington are found; 90 percent are found in Northern Europe and 76 percent are found in British Isles. Islington is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used forename at a global level, borne by 15 people.

This last name is most commonly used in England, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,785,903. In England it is most frequent in: Greater London, where 95 percent reside and Bedfordshire, where 5 percent reside. Besides England this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Denmark, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Islington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Islington has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Islington surname increased 500 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Islington
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