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    The surname Warrington

    An English surname, carried by 4,477 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwɔ(ː)ɹɪŋtən/ 3 syllables Soundex W652

    Warrington: #7,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Warrington #7,441, 4,477 people Warrington: #7,441 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Warrington #7,441, 4,477 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Warrington is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English Wardintone, from an unattested Old English personal name *Wearda, from weard (“guard”), + -ing + tūn, meaning either "Wearda's estate" or "the lookout place".

    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 4,477 people named Warrington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,963 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,445.

    #7,441
    rank among US surnames
    4,477
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #6,957)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,433Astorga4,48168,901
    #7,434Firestone4,48068,916
    #7,437Deel4,47868,947
    #7,441Warrington4,47768,963
    #7,443Behm4,47668,978
    #7,445Seymore4,47469,009
    #7,446Topete4,47369,024

    Who is named Warrington

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

    84% of people named Warrington identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Warringtons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Don Warrington
      British actor, born 1951
    • Alicia Warrington
      American drummer, born 1980

    Notable Warringtons come mostly from Trinidad and Tobago (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Warrington

    Warrington has the Soundex code W652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W652.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Warrington come from?
    From Middle English Wardintone, from an unattested Old English personal name *Wearda, from weard (“guard”), + -ing + tūn, meaning either "Wearda's estate" or "the lookout place".
    How common is the surname Warrington?
    4,477 people in the United States had the surname Warrington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,963 Americans. It ranked 7,441st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Warrington?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Warrington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Warrington?
    Don Warrington, British actor, followed by Alicia Warrington.
    Where is the surname Warrington most common?
    Wikidata records people named Warrington in Trinidad and Tobago and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Warrington?
    Warrington is /ˈwɔ(ː)ɹɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Warrington getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,477 in 2010, up 0.7%.