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    The surname Cunnington

    A surname, carried by 542 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C552

    Cunnington: #40,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Cunnington #40,371, 542 people Cunnington: #40,371 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Cunnington #40,371, 542 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cunnington is more common than 75.1% of them.

    Origin

    Variant of Conington, possibly under the influence of cunning. Doublet of Kingston, Kingstown, and Kingstone.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 542 people named Cunnington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 542.

    #40,371
    rank among US surnames
    542
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    0%
    change since 2000 (was #38,395)

    Who is named Cunnington

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

    92% of people named Cunnington identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cunningtons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • William Cunnington
      Antiquary (1754-1810)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cunnington

    Cunnington has the Soundex code C552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C552.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Cunnington come from?
    Variant of Conington, possibly under the influence of cunning. Doublet of Kingston, Kingstown, and Kingstone.
    How common is the surname Cunnington?
    542 people in the United States had the surname Cunnington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 569,641 Americans. It ranked 40,371st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cunnington?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Cunnington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Cunnington?
    William Cunnington, Antiquary (1754-1810).
    Where is the surname Cunnington most common?
    Wikidata records people named Cunnington in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    Is the surname Cunnington getting more or less common?
    About as common. 542 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 542 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.