The surname Wellington
An English place surname, carried by 6,784 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/ 3 syllables Soundex W452 Also a first name
Origin
English origin
From earlier Wēolingtūn, from: # For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”). # For the place in Somerset, England: Partly obscure. The last element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come from either the personal name *Wēola + ing, or else *wēoling (“trap”). # Many places with this name are named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.
Wellington 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 6,784 people named Wellington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,511 Americans. That is up 8.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,257.
Who is named Wellington
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
54% of people named Wellington identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 54%
- Black (not Hispanic) 37%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
- Two or more races 2.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Famous Wellingtons
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- George L. WellingtonAmerican politician (1852-1927)
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Wellington
Wellington has the Soundex code W452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W452.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Wellington come from?
- From earlier Wēolingtūn, from: # For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”). # For the place in Somerset, England:…
- How common is the surname Wellington?
- 6,784 people in the United States had the surname Wellington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,511 Americans. It ranked 5,156th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Wellington?
- In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Wellington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Wellington?
- George L. Wellington, American politician (1852-1927).
- Where is the surname Wellington most common?
- Wikidata records people named Wellington in the United States.
- How do you pronounce Wellington?
- Wellington is /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Wellington?
- Wellington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Wellington getting more or less common?
- More common. 6,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,784 in 2010, up 8.4%.
- Is Wellington also a first name?
- Yes. Wellington is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.