Callington Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 6
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 2
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 21
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 2
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 1
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Callington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Callington family

Profession Census Frequency
Boot Manufacturer 3
Boot Maker (machinist) 2
School 2
Carter General 1
Laien (maker) 1
Weaver 1
Cotton Weaver (cotton) 1
Grocer & Provision Dealer 1
Retired Farm Labourer 1
Assisting House Keeping 1
Boot Dealer 1
Butcher Assistant 1
Clicker Shoe Trade 1
Engineer Miller 1
Gas Meter Iuspector 1
Labourer Bricklayer 1
Tailoress 1
Farm Pupil 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Callington

Name Census Frequency
Mary Callington 23
John Callington 22
James Callington 17
William Callington 15
George Callington 12
Thomas Callington 12
Elizabeth Callington 10
Ann Callington 8
Ellen Callington 8
Anne Callington 6
Hannah Callington 6
Margaret Callington 6
Sarah Callington 6
Arthur Callington 5
Catherine Callington 5
Charles Callington 4
Edward Callington 4
Eliza Callington 4
Martha Callington 4
Robert Callington 4
Edith Callington 3
Frederick Callington 3
Henry Callington 3
Herbert Callington 3
Joseph Callington 3

Callington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Collington 90% 1,567
2 Cullington 90% 1,162
3 Callington 100% 301

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The surname Callington is the 3rd most popular variant of Collington.

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