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    The surname Withington

    An English place surname, carried by 494 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex W352

    Withington: #43,651 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Withington #43,651, 494 people Withington: #43,651 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Withington #43,651, 494 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Withington is more common than 73.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Two main origins: * The village in Gloucestershire is from the Old English personal name Widia + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The suburb of Manchester is from Old English wīþing (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Withington 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 494 people named Withington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 624,991 Americans. That is down 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 658.

    #43,651
    rank among US surnames
    494
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -24.9%
    change since 2000 (was #32,856)

    Who is named Withington

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

    93% of people named Withington identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as two or more races and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 3.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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    Surnames that sound like Withington

    Withington has the Soundex code W352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W352.

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Withington come from?
    Two main origins: * The village in Gloucestershire is from the Old English personal name Widia + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). * The suburb of Manchester is from Old English wīþing (“willow copse”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Withington?
    494 people in the United States had the surname Withington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 624,991 Americans. It ranked 43,651st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Withington?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Withington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Withington?
    Withington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Withington getting more or less common?
    Less common. 658 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 494 in 2010, down 25%.