How common is the surname Armitage?

4,063 people in the United States had the surname Armitage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,990 Americans. It ranked 8,162nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Armitage?

Richard Armitage, British actor, followed by Iain Armitage.

Where is the surname Armitage most common?

Wikidata records people named Armitage in the United States and the United Kingdom.

How do you pronounce Armitage?

Armitage is /ˈɑɹmɪtɪd͡ʒ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Armitage getting more or less common?

More common. 3,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,063 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Armitage

An English place surname, carried by 4,063 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɑɹmɪtɪd͡ʒ/ 3 syllables Soundex A653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Armitage is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English ermitage (“hermitage”).

Armitage is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,063 people named Armitage in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,990 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,935.

#8,162

rank among US surnames

4,063

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #7,790)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,155	Sinha	4,066	75,933
#8,158	McPhee	4,065	75,952
#8,159	Paquin	4,064	75,971
#8,162	Armitage	4,063	75,990
#8,163	Hoey	4,062	76,008
#8,164	Klink	4,059	76,064

Who is named Armitage

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Armitage identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as two or more races and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Two or more races 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Armitages

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Armitage
British actor, born 1971
Iain Armitage
American actor, born 2008
Richard Armitage
American diplomat and government official (1945-2025)
Norman C. Armitage
American fencer (1907–1972)
George Armitage
American film director, 1942–2025
Noel Gay
British composer (1898-1954)

Notable Armitages come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Hermitage

Armitage has the Soundex code A653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A653.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Armitage come from?: From Middle English ermitage (“hermitage”).
How common is the surname Armitage?: 4,063 people in the United States had the surname Armitage in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,990 Americans. It ranked 8,162nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Armitage?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Armitage identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Armitage?: Richard Armitage, British actor, followed by Iain Armitage.
Where is the surname Armitage most common?: Wikidata records people named Armitage in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Armitage?: Armitage is /ˈɑɹmɪtɪd͡ʒ/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Armitage?: Armitage is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Armitage getting more or less common?: More common. 3,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,063 in 2010, up 3.3%.
What are other spellings of Armitage?: Hermitage.