Donnington 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 3
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 7
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 5
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 4
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 4
Lancashire 5
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 1
London 2
Middlesex 3
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 7
Northamptonshire 2
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 1
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 9
Warwickshire 5
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
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

Donnington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Donnington family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 6
General Labourer 4
Agricultural Labourer 4
Cotton Operative 2
Shoe Finisher 2
Waiter 1
Railway Foreman Shunter 1
Domestic Servant 1
Army Pensioner 1
Private Infantry 1
Hawker 1
Farm Servant 1
Printer Compositor 1
Clerk 1
Farm Labourer 1
House Keeper 1
Coal Miner 1
Hortler 1
Laundress 1
Post Office 1
Tube Prover 1
Bricklayer 1
Boot And Shoe Maker 1
Spread Pinford 1
Worsted Clerk 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Donnington

Name Census Frequency
William Donnington 23
John Donnington 22
George Donnington 21
Mary Donnington 17
Elizabeth Donnington 16
James Donnington 10
Charles Donnington 9
Henry Donnington 9
Sarah Donnington 9
Ann Donnington 7
Joseph Donnington 7
Thomas Donnington 7
Edward Donnington 6
Eliza Donnington 6
Charlotte Donnington 5
Robert Donnington 5
Selina Donnington 5
Emily Donnington 4
Maria Donnington 4
Samuel Donnington 4
Ellen Donnington 3
Florence Donnington 3
Frederick Donnington 3
Hannah Donnington 3
Matilda Donnington 3

Donnington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Dennington 90% 2,542
2 Dunnington 90% 1,939
3 Donington 90% 382
4 Donnington 100% 303

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The surname Donnington is the 4th most popular variant of Dennington.

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