Lington 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 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 1
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 1
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 1
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
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

Lington Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Lington family

Profession Census Frequency
Officer Wife 1
Architect 1
General Servant 1
Baker 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Lington

Name Census Frequency
Mary Lington 11
Eliza Lington 6
Louisa Lington 6
Alice Lington 4
Elizabeth Lington 4
John Lington 4
Sarah Lington 4
Thomas Lington 4
William Lington 4
Alfred Lington 3
Caroline Lington 3
Charles Lington 3
George Lington 3
Henry Lington 3
Joseph Lington 3
Ada Lington 2
Adeline Lington 2
Adolphus Lington 2
Agnes Lington 2
Ann Lington 2
Catherine Lington 2
Edith Lington 2
Ellen Lington 2
James Lington 2
Maria Lington 2

Lington Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Langton 86% 15,761
2 Longton 86% 5,585
3 Alington 88% 255
4 Lington 100% 126
5 Elington 88% 124

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The surname Lington is the 4th most popular variant of Langton.

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