Warrington Surname

39,036th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,463 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Dominica

Warrington Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Warrington,' Lancashire. It were idle to furnish more than two or three examples of this familiar place and name.

Roger de Warinton, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1587.

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Warrington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,7261:63,3017,414
England4,7491:11,7331,730
Canada8551:43,0945,351
Australia5141:52,5216,484
New Zealand3951:11,4641,996
South Africa3511:154,35217,426
Malta1621:2,656209
Wales1561:19,8372,100
Northern Ireland1211:15,2482,073
Dominica951:799177
Scotland891:60,1554,924
Ireland441:107,0215,562
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Antigua and Barbuda181:5,510685
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Barbados141:20,5321,076
Denmark101:564,47234,222
France91:7,380,302306,885
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Puerto Rico61:591,6903,707
Curaçao41:39,312638
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Comoros11:749,524685
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland921:48,1514,112
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,3641:10,3111,563
Scotland501:74,8644,249
Wales451:34,8541,900
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9391:53,4816,013

Warrington (275) may also be a first name.

Warrington Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Warrington,' Lancashire. It were idle to furnish more than two or three examples of this familiar place and name.

Roger de Warinton, Derbyshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

1587. Hugh Warrington, of Whalley: Wills at Chester.

1610. Robert Warrington, of Lawton: ibid.

1743. Married — John Warrington and Elizabeth Lightfoot: St. Antholin (London).

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

(English) belonging to Warrington (Lanc.), 14th cent. Weryngton, 13th cent. Werington, 12th cent. Wlinton, Domesday Walintune, Anglo-Saxon *W(e)al(h)inga-tún = the Estate of the W(e)alh Family [Old English W(e)alh, Welshman, foreigner + -inga, genit. pl. of the son suff. -ing + tún, estate, farm, &c.] The earliest forms with -l- cannot be ignored: the l—r interchange is a well-known phonetic characteristic of the A.-Norman period.

The Bucks hamlet Warrington may, however, represent an Anglo-Saxon * Wœringa- tún, ‘the Estate of the Wær- Family.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Warrington (homestead at a dam of fish trap), in Lancashire.

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

A town in Lancashire, and a hamlet in Buckinghamshire, are so denominated.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Cheshire.

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

Warrington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Warrington is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Warrington click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Warrington? popularity and diffusion

Warrington is the 39,036th most common last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 541,302 people. The surname Warrington occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Warrington reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 535,844th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 275 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 5,726 people, or 1 in 63,301. In The United States it is primarily found in: Texas, where 7 percent live, California, where 6 percent live and Maryland, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 54 countries. It is also found in England, where 35 percent live and Canada, where 6 percent live.

Warrington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Warrington has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Warrington last name rose 610 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 201 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 347 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 178 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 52 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Warrington Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Warrington last name is primarily Anglican (58%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Warrington surname are 14.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.2% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Warrington earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 42.63% more than the national average, earning R 338,952 per year; in United States they earn 4.9% more than the national average, earning $45,264 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.16% more than the national average, earning $54,236 CAD per year.

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Warrington Reference & Research

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