Wallington Surname

110,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Wallington Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Wallington (several in England) [v. under Wallingford, and + Old English tún, farm, estate] The Herts place is Wallingtone in Domesday-Bk., whereas the Surrey village occurs therein as Waletone (no doubt an error).

Ralph de Walington.

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Wallington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,0521:27,1533,706
United States1,1261:321,90029,332
Australia4401:61,3547,413
Canada2461:149,77915,288
Wales671:46,1874,386
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
New Zealand431:105,31013,865
Ecuador271:589,10511,569
Scotland241:223,07611,507
Northern Ireland111:167,7318,683
France111:6,038,429280,838
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Chile91:1,957,38629,026
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Japan51:25,568,85950,629
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9131:26,6983,664
Wales251:62,7373,061
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1111:452,42132,615

Wallington (291) may also be a first name.

Wallington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Wallington (several in England) [v. under Wallingford, and + Old English tún, farm, estate] The Herts place is Wallingtone in Domesday-Bk., whereas the Surrey village occurs therein as Waletone (no doubt an error).

Ralph de Walington.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.

Walter Wallyngton.—Inq. ad q. Damn., tp. Hen. VI.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes and places in Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Surrey, and Northumberland.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Hampshire, Norfolk, Surrey.

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

Wallington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Wallington has its highest incidence in England. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Wallington? popularity and diffusion

It is the 110,325th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,729,365 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 52 percent of Wallington reside; 51 percent reside in Northern Europe and 51 percent reside in British Isles. Wallington is also the 517,703rd most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 291 people.

Wallington is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 2,052 people, or 1 in 27,153. In England it is primarily found in: Greater London, where 16 percent live, Buckinghamshire, where 9 percent live and Kent, where 8 percent live. Apart from England this surname occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Wallington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Wallington has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Wallington last name rose 225 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,014 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 268 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Wallington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (62%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Wallington surname are 2.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.61% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Wallington earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 198.59% more than the national average, earning R 709,572 per year; in United States they earn 0.64% less than the national average, earning $42,874 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10% less than the national average, earning $44,715 CAD per year.

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