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 surname Ledington is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ledington? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 525,631st most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 11,811,258 people. The last name Ledington is predominantly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Ledington reside; 63 percent reside in North America and 63 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

Ledington is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 871,296. In The United States Ledington is mostly found in: Kentucky, where 27 percent reside, Oklahoma, where 12 percent reside and Ohio, where 7 percent reside. Outside of The United States it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 24 percent reside and New Zealand, where 5 percent reside.

Ledington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Ledington has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 832 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 617 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Ledington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ledington surname are 29.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 76.53% being registered to vote for the political 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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