Kingdom Surname

142,558th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Wales

Kingdom Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kingdon,' or more probably 'Kingsdon,' a parish in Somerset, near Somerton. Kingdom is an imitative corruption; compare Hansom for Hanson, or Ransom for Ranson. With Kindon, compare Kinsley for Kingsley, or Kinsman for Kingsman.

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Kingdom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,8681:94,8306,521
Tanzania5981:88,5318,952
England4731:117,79711,992
Wales1091:28,3902,914
Canada371:995,82774,831
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5891:41,3845,228
Wales1061:14,796873
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1111:452,42132,615

Kingdom (11,308) may also be a first name.

Kingdom Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Kingdon,' or more probably 'Kingsdon,' a parish in Somerset, near Somerton. Kingdom is an imitative corruption; compare Hansom for Hanson, or Ransom for Ranson. With Kindon, compare Kinsley for Kingsley, or Kinsman for Kingsman. No doubt, as intimated in the index to the two registers, the two following entries concern the same couple:

1709. Married — Henry Kindon and Elizabeth Plucknet: St. Antholin (London).

1710. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. Henry and Elizabeth Kingdom: St. John Baptist on Wallbrook.

Thus Kindon and Kingdom are variants of Kingdon.

1752. Married — Bryan Connor and Mary Kingdon: St. George's Chapel, Mayfair.

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

For Kingdon, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

The family have flourished in Cornwall and Devon for some centuries. The name would appear to have been borrowed from Kingdon, an estate near Sharrow in the former county.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

KINGDON: A family which has flourished in Cornwall and Devon for some centuries. The name would appear to have been borrowed from Kingdon, an estate near Sharrow, in the former county. (Lower. ) Doubtless the same name as Congdon, q. v.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From Kingham; a location name in Oxfordshire.

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

Kingdom Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kingdom (Russian: Кингдом) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Kingdom click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kingdom? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kingdom is the 142,558th most commonly used last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 2,335,003 people. The last name Kingdom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Kingdom reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 56,428th most commonly held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 11,308 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,868 people, or 1 in 94,830. In Nigeria Kingdom is most frequent in: Rivers, where 44 percent live, Bayelsa, where 33 percent live and Delta, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 19 percent live and England, where 15 percent live.

Kingdom Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kingdom has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Kingdom surname contracted 20 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it increased 103 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kingdom Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

The amount Kingdom earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 41.81% less than the national average, earning R 138,288 per year and in Canada they earn 3.08% more than the national average, earning $51,211 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kingdom Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kingdom in the Russian language
Кингдомkingdom-

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