Millington Surname

30,660th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,417 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Millington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Millington.' There is a parish in Yorkshire of this name. Millington has been an East Cheshire surname for centuries. This name arose from Millington, an estate near Bowdon, Cheshire It has always kept itself in view in South Lancashire, and on the Cheshire border.

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Millington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,5041:6,552940
United States3,4681:104,51511,495
Australia1,6761:16,1072,276
Canada7651:48,1645,843
Wales6001:5,158564
Jamaica3331:8,618977
Trinidad and Tobago3141:4,344715
New Zealand2911:15,5612,711
Barbados2851:1,009240
Guyana1821:4,188748
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Scotland1421:37,7033,617
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1191:947214
South Africa831:652,74348,091
Ireland511:92,3325,140
Panama491:79,8423,294
Northern Ireland451:41,0013,772
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
British Virgin Islands171:1,858249
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Israel141:611,26042,949
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Cyprus131:68,0677,075
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
France91:7,380,302306,885
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Saint Kitts and Nevis81:6,900616
Bermuda71:9,3261,286
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Saint Lucia61:29,7971,820
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland391:113,5866,892
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,2951:5,675865
Wales2521:6,224412
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5781:86,8849,021

Millington (73) may also be a first name.

Millington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Millington.' There is a parish in Yorkshire of this name. Millington has been an East Cheshire surname for centuries. This name arose from Millington, an estate near Bowdon, Cheshire It has always kept itself in view in South Lancashire, and on the Cheshire border.

Hugh de Mulynton, 1400: East Cheshire.

Roger de Mulynton, 1401: ibid.

'John Millington, of Millington, near Bowdon,' c. 1530: ibid.

1606. Married — Robert Milligeton and Ann Wodd: Reg. Prestbury Ch., Ches.

1608. James Millington, of Knutsford: Wills at Chester.

1615. Margerie Millington, of Chelford, widow: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Millington = 1 the Estate of the Mil(l)- Family [Anglo-Saxon *Mil(l)inga-tún-inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing; tún, estate, farmstead, &c.] 2 the Mill Enclosure or Farmstead [Old English mylen + tún\ The Cheshire Millington occurs in the 14th cent. as Mulynton.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A parish in Yorkshire, and a township in Cheshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cheshire, Yorkshire.

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

The Millingtons, who at present are mostly gathered in and around Nottingham, may possess an ancestor in Gilbert Millington, gent., who was a freeholder of Felley in 1698 (Harl.); there is a Yorkshire village of this name.

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

Millington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Millington (Russian: Миллингтон) is found in England more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Millington? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 30,660th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 418,416 people. The surname Millington is predominantly found in Europe, where 55 percent of Millington live; 54 percent live in Northern Europe and 54 percent live in British Isles. Millington is also the 1,134,117th most numerous given name worldwide. It is borne by 73 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 8,504 people, or 1 in 6,552. In England it is most common in: West Midlands, where 11 percent live, Cheshire, where 9 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 9 percent live. Besides England Millington exists in 75 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Millington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Millington has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Millington last name expanded 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 600 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 238 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 2,367 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 131 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Millington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Millington surname is primarily Anglican (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Millington surname are 10.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.4% registered with the party.

The amount Millington earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 29.32% less than the national average, earning 244,603 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 64.98% more than the national average, earning R 392,052 per year; in United States they earn 3.01% more than the national average, earning $44,447 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.95% more than the national average, earning $52,140 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Millington Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Millington in the Russian language
Миллингтонmillington-

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