Waddington Surname

44,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,703 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Waddington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Waddington,' a village and parish near Clitheroe, Yorkshire It is natural to find the name crossing the border into Lancashire. This surname has ramified very strongly in the Northern counties.

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Waddington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5,9241:9,4051,380
United States2,5301:143,26414,841
Australia1,4721:18,3392,561
Canada7171:51,3896,196
New Zealand1611:28,1264,911
South Africa1281:423,26336,588
France1231:540,02273,838
Wales1211:25,5752,657
Scotland1111:48,2334,226
Brazil931:2,301,87571,238
Chile771:228,7857,030
Portugal661:157,8526,835
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Thailand161:4,414,897343,519
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Ecuador51:3,181,16927,617
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Isle of Man21:42,9113,686
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Malta11:430,2723,380
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,8301:5,047762
Scotland451:83,1834,503
Wales101:156,8426,008
Jersey91:5,7651,004
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3741:134,27512,787

Waddington (140) may also be a first name.

Waddington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Waddington,' a village and parish near Clitheroe, Yorkshire It is natural to find the name crossing the border into Lancashire. This surname has ramified very strongly in the Northern counties.

Laurencius de Wadyngton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Johannes de Wadyngton, 1379: ibid.

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

(English) belonging to Waddington (Yorks: 14th cent. Wadyngton; Lincs), Anglo-Saxon *Wadinga-tún = the Estate of the Wada Family [v. under Wade2, and + -inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing + tún, estate, etc.]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Waddington (homestead of Wada’s people), in Yorkshire, or from Waddington (wheat hill), in Surrey.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish in Lincolnshire, and a chapelry in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Devon, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire.

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

The Waddingtons have their principal home in the West Riding, where there are a seat and a village of the name.

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

The Waddingtons, who are also established in Lancashire, have their principal home in the West Riding, where occur a village and a seat of the name. The Waddingtons of Doddington, Cambridgeshire, were an important family during last century, and the high sheriff of that county in 1732 belonged to that house (Watson's "Wisbech"); they probably took their name from Waddington, a parish in Lincolnshire.

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

Waddington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waddington is most common in England. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Waddington? popularity and diffusion

It is the 44,371st most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 622,708 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 55 percent of Waddington are found; 53 percent are found in Northern Europe and 53 percent are found in British Isles. Waddington is also the 781,395th most frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 140 people.

The last name Waddington is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 5,924 people, or 1 in 9,405. In England Waddington is most frequent in: West Yorkshire, where 18 percent reside, Lancashire, where 16 percent reside and South Yorkshire, where 7 percent reside. Excluding England Waddington is found in 60 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.

Waddington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Waddington has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Waddington surname expanded 123 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it expanded 676 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 1,210 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 247 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it expanded 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Waddington Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States those bearing the Waddington surname are 12.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Waddington earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 8.53% more than the national average, earning R 257,904 per year; in United States they earn 4.19% more than the national average, earning $44,957 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.48% more than the national average, earning $51,412 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wadington95124/
Waddingtton951/
Wadddington951/
Weddington903,161/
Baddington9026/
Waddyngton906/
Woddington901/
Weeddington861/
Wedington84153/
Badington8410/
Weddngton841/
Wodington840/
Boddington802,214/
Woodington801,148/
Voddington801/
Weedington801/
Bodington74653/
Wetdingtan701/

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