How common is the surname Wallington?

590 people in the United States had the surname Wallington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. It ranked 37,691st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Wallington?

Jim Wallington, American boxer (1944–1988).

Where is the surname Wallington most common?

Wikidata records people named Wallington in the United States.

How do you pronounce Wallington?

Wallington is /ˈwɒlɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Wallington getting more or less common?

Less common. 779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 590 in 2010, down 24%.

The surname Wallington

An English place surname, carried by 590 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈwɒlɪŋtən/ 3 syllables Soundex W452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wallington is more common than 76.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton, Welshman”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Wallington 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 590 people named Wallington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. That is down 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 779.

#37,691

rank among US surnames

590

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

-24.3%

change since 2000 (was #28,751)

Who is named Wallington

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

59% of people named Wallington identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 59%
Black (not Hispanic) 37%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.4%

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 Wallingtons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Wallington
American boxer (1944–1988)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wallington

Wallington has the Soundex code W452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W452.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Wallington come from?: From Old English wealh (“foreigner; Briton, Welshman”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Wallington?: 590 people in the United States had the surname Wallington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 523,298 Americans. It ranked 37,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wallington?: In the 2010 Census, 59% of people named Wallington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Wallington?: Jim Wallington, American boxer (1944–1988).
Where is the surname Wallington most common?: Wikidata records people named Wallington in the United States.
How do you pronounce Wallington?: Wallington is /ˈwɒlɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Wallington?: Wallington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Wallington getting more or less common?: Less common. 779 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 590 in 2010, down 24%.