Symmington Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Symmington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Symmington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:27,859,030389,889
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Symmington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Symmington occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Symmington? popularity and diffusion

Symmington is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Symmington is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Symmington live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

It is most commonly occurring in England, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 27,859,030. In England it is most frequent in: Northumberland, where 50 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 50 percent live. Not including England this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Symmington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Symmington has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Symmington last name declined 87 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Symmington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Symmington last name is chiefly Anglican (75%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Symington954,690/
Simmington90123/
Saymington902/
Sysmington901/
Semmington900/
Simington841,664/
Semington8430/
Simmngton841/
Symincton840/
Seamington800/
Simimgton741/
Simengton740/
Chemington700/

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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 Symmington
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