Explore the Family Name Liddington

The meaning of Liddington

English: habitational name from any of a number of placenames with the medieval spellings Lidin(g)ton and Ludin(g)ton, for example Lutton (Northamptonshire), Lyddington (Rutland), Luddington (Warwickshire), and Liddington (Wiltshire).

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How common is the last name Liddington in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Liddington has seen a slight decrease in popularity over the course of 10 years. The rank of this surname dropped from 110,523 in 2000 to 110,825 in 2010, marking a change of -0.27. However, the number of people with this surname increased from 148 in 2000 to 159 in 2010, a 7.43 percent increase. Despite this growth, the proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 remained consistent at 0.05.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#110,523	#110,825	-0.27%
Count	148	159	7.43%
Proportion per 100k	0.05	0.05	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Liddington

Regarding the ethnic identity associated with the surname Liddington, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that it is predominantly White. In 2000, 99 percent of individuals with this surname identified as White, and though this percentage saw a slight decrease to 95.6 percent in 2010, it remains the overwhelming majority. There were no recorded individuals with this surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, Hispanic or American Indian and Alaskan Native within these years. The category for "Two or more races" also had no reported individuals, indicating minimal diversity in the ethnic representation among those with the Liddington surname during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	99%	95.6%	-3.43%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%