Ledington Surname

525,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 617 people bear this surname

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

Ledington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ledington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4161:871,29666,093
England1481:376,47326,505
New Zealand281:161,72618,041
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589
Wales81:196,0527,186
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States501:1,004,37459,252

Ledington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ledington occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ledington? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 525,631st most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 11,811,258 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Ledington are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 63 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 871,296. In The United States it is most frequent in: Kentucky, where 27 percent live, Oklahoma, where 12 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent live and New Zealand, where 5 percent live.

Ledington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Ledington has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ledington surname rose 832 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 617 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ledington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ledington surname are 29.76% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 76.53% registered to vote for the party.

Ledington earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.61% more than the national average, earning $43,845 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Leddington95484/
Leadington950/
Ledngton941/
Leaddington902/
Lidington89281/
Lodington8920/
Ladington893/
Liddington841,146/
Loddington8427/
Laddington840/
Lidengton780/

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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
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  • 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 Ledington
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