Widdington Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Widdington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Widdington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England371:658,79432,071
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Widdington Last Name Facts

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

Widdington is held by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Widdington click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Widdington? popularity and diffusion

The surname Widdington is the 6,063,924th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Widdington reside; 80 percent reside in Northern Europe and 80 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname is most commonly used in England, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England Widdington is mostly found in: Tyne and Wear, where 75 percent live, Durham, where 13 percent live and Essex, where 13 percent live. Outside of England this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent live.

Widdington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Widdington has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Widdington last name contracted 78 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 92 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Whiddington9544/
Widington950/
Weddington903,161/
Biddington90412/
Widgington9057/
Whidington900/
Weeddington861/
Wedington84153/
Weddngton841/
Bidington840/
Beddington80317/
Weedington801/
Weddingtom800/
Bedington74123/
Wetdingtan701/

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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
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  • 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 Widdington
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