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OTHER
VARIANTS OF THE NAME & WORLDWIDE SPREAD OF THE NAME
The
following variations have been found during my researches. It is not known
exactly if all of these eventually developed into Covington or went to form
other names, but at least at some stage the name may have looked like this:
COBINSHAW,
COBBINSHAW, COFFENDEN, COFTON, COLBAIN, COLBAN, COLBANSTONE, COLBANUS,
COLBAYNE, COLBAYNESTOUN, COLBEYNSTON, COLINTON, COLUMBAN, COVENTON, COVEING,
COVI, COVING, COVINGHAM, COVINGTOUN, COVINTON, COVUS, CUFA, CUFAS, CUVINGTON,
COVEFENTON, COVERNTON, KOLBEINN
In more
recent times the most common mis-spelling of the name is Coventon. The most
likely explanation for this is that many 18th & 19th century parents were
illiterate, therefore unable to spell even their own name. When registering the
birth of a child, they would have to rely on the registrar, who was usually one
of the more educated locals, to spell the name for them. As many Covingtons of
this era were from rural areas, their accents obviously led the registrar to
believe the spelling was Coventon or Covernton. My
own great grandfather, Charles James, was born as a Coventon, but eventually
married as a Covington. There are examples of many others in the late 19th
century, who changed the spelling of their name back to Covington as levels of
literacy improved.
For much
more information on the evolution of the Covington name please visit "Where are we from?".
During the
21st Century there were 416 Coventons
registered as being born in England or Wales. Covernton,
which is also a known derivative, saw 164 births all over the world during the
same period and would seem to be the elite side of the family, with personal
references to be found in copies of Who's Who.
The most
popular hyphenated name is Covington-Cross with 38 born in the last century,
with the first materializing in 1918, possibly as an offspring of Leslie
Macartney Covington and Ethel M. Cross who married in that year. There have
been a few other double-barrelled Covingtons, that I have so far found: Covington-Aune
(by marriage), Covington-Baling, Covington-Barnes, Covington-Cox,
Covington-Covell, Covington-Davies, Covington-Denton (by marriage), Covington-Evenden, Covington-Hole, Covington-Horwood,
Covington-Jones, Covington-Miles, Covington-Satterly,
Covington-Schatz (by marriage), Covington-Stott, Covington-Wailes,
Covington-Wells, and Covington-Young, plus an Epstein-Covington & a
Rooke-Covington.
The
following data is available via Forebears
website:
SPREAD OF
COVINGTON SURNAME BY COUNTRY (2014)
Place |
Incidence |
Frequency |
United States |
36,170 |
1:10,022 |
England |
708 |
1:78,698 |
Australia |
220 |
1:122,708 |
Canada |
97 |
1:379,852 |
Italy |
44 |
1:1,389,925 |
Wales |
27 |
1:114,612 |
Nigeria |
14 |
1:12,652,010 |
Germany |
13 |
1:6,192,729 |
Jamaica |
11 |
1:260,904 |
Philippines |
10 |
1:10,123,657 |
South Africa |
9 |
1:6,019,744 |
Ecuador |
9 |
1:1,767,316 |
Scotland |
8 |
1:669,227 |
France |
7 |
1:9,487,900 |
Hong Kong |
5 |
1:1,467,097 |
Japan |
5 |
1:25,568,859 |
Malawi |
4 |
1:4,279,777 |
Mexico |
4 |
1:31,031,551 |
Qatar |
4 |
1:597,748 |
Dominican Republic |
4 |
1:2,608,308 |
Bangladesh |
4 |
1:39,839,194 |
Taiwan |
3 |
1:7,800,250 |
Panama |
3 |
1:1,304,086 |
Israel |
2 |
1:4,278,821 |
India |
2 |
1:383,532,462 |
Northern Ireland |
2 |
1:922,518 |
China |
2 |
1:683,636,926 |
Austria |
2 |
1:4,257,718 |
Kuwait |
1 |
1:3,800,694 |
Singapore |
1 |
1:5,507,733 |
Slovenia |
1 |
1:2,487,675 |
Spain |
1 |
1:46,752,038 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1 |
1:1,363,975 |
Sweden |
1 |
1:9,846,758 |
Puerto Rico |
1 |
1:3,550,139 |
Peru |
1 |
1:31,784,125 |
Papua New Guinea |
1 |
1:8,153,717 |
Norway |
1 |
1:5,142,288 |
New Zealand |
1 |
1:4,528,323 |
Guyana |
1 |
1:762,221 |
Ghana |
1 |
1:27,000,217 |
Georgia |
1 |
1:3,745,548 |
Estonia |
1 |
1:1,321,804 |
Bahrain |
1 |
1:1,348,608 |
Bahamas |
1 |
1:391,751 |
Argentina |
1 |
1:42,743,413 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
1 |
1:99,171 |
Afghanistan |
1 |
1:12,262,551 |
SPREAD IN
ENGLAND (2014)
Place |
Incidence |
Frequency |
Greater London |
200 |
1:48,622 |
Essex |
42 |
1:42,471 |
Kent |
42 |
1:42,990 |
Hertfordshire |
39 |
1:30,018 |
West Midlands |
37 |
1:76,395 |
Cambridgeshire |
28 |
1:29,927 |
Lincolnshire |
26 |
1:40,663 |
Hampshire |
24 |
1:75,857 |
Buckinghamshire |
21 |
1:37,757 |
Berkshire |
20 |
1:44,224 |
Somerset |
20 |
1:50,912 |
Surrey |
19 |
1:61,685 |
Suffolk |
17 |
1:43,479 |
Bedfordshire |
16 |
1:41,016 |
Northamptonshire |
16 |
1:48,495 |
Wiltshire |
16 |
1:26,776 |
Warwickshire |
13 |
1:42,760 |
Staffordshire |
12 |
1:92,299 |
Dorset |
11 |
1:69,572 |
Devon |
10 |
1:116,650 |
East Sussex |
10 |
1:83,044 |
West Yorkshire |
9 |
1:251,559 |
Nottinghamshire |
8 |
1:140,627 |
Leicestershire |
7 |
1:146,097 |
Lancashire |
6 |
1:246,089 |
Norfolk |
6 |
1:146,798 |
Worcestershire |
5 |
1:115,650 |
City of Bristol |
5 |
1:89,703 |
Rutland |
4 |
1:9,488 |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
4 |
1:148,960 |
Tyne and Wear |
4 |
1:279,787 |
Cheshire |
2 |
1:514,850 |
Derbyshire |
2 |
1:518,100 |
Cornwall |
1 |
1:550,046 |
Gloucestershire |
1 |
1:892,363 |
Oxfordshire |
1 |
1:672,460 |
Greater Manchester |
1 |
1:2,850,234 |
North Yorkshire |
1 |
1:1,076,298 |
South Yorkshire |
1 |
1:1,365,215 |
West Sussex |
1 |
1:842,250 |
SPREAD IN
THE U.S.A. (2014)
Place |
Incidence |
Frequency |
North Carolina |
4,401 |
1:2,425 |
Texas |
3,378 |
1:9,321 |
Georgia |
2,510 |
1:4,662 |
California |
2,180 |
1:19,121 |
Tennessee |
1,930 |
1:3,778 |
Maryland |
1,828 |
1:5,510 |
Virginia |
1,642 |
1:5,667 |
South Carolina |
1,616 |
1:3,199 |
Florida |
1,392 |
1:15,205 |
New York |
1,053 |
1:22,362 |
Missouri |
1,051 |
1:9,926 |
Mississippi |
1,006 |
1:3,128 |
Alabama |
955 |
1:5,608 |
Illinois |
909 |
1:16,382 |
Nevada |
883 |
1:6,339 |
Louisiana |
797 |
1:6,285 |
Michigan |
788 |
1:14,273 |
Kentucky |
753 |
1:6,051 |
Pennsylvania |
680 |
1:21,037 |
Arkansas |
625 |
1:4,922 |
Utah |
567 |
1:5,743 |
Indiana |
536 |
1:12,630 |
Oklahoma |
529 |
1:8,081 |
New Jersey |
488 |
1:18,767 |
Washington |
466 |
1:17,241 |
Ohio |
462 |
1:26,700 |
Colorado |
368 |
1:17,275 |
Arizona |
363 |
1:19,059 |
District of Columbia |
323 |
1:5,954 |
Iowa |
246 |
1:13,570 |
Oregon |
175 |
1:24,507 |
Wisconsin |
154 |
1:41,016 |
Minnesota |
131 |
1:48,955 |
Kansas |
122 |
1:24,472 |
Connecticut |
120 |
1:30,694 |
Idaho |
93 |
1:18,079 |
Massachusetts |
83 |
1:92,303 |
Delaware |
76 |
1:12,675 |
New Mexico |
76 |
1:28,506 |
Hawaii |
74 |
1:20,827 |
West Virginia |
74 |
1:26,340 |
Nebraska |
67 |
1:30,407 |
Alaska |
53 |
1:14,165 |
Wyoming |
41 |
1:14,671 |
Rhode Island |
33 |
1:32,798 |
Montana |
32 |
1:32,565 |
Maine |
12 |
1:113,695 |
North Dakota |
12 |
1:62,311 |
New Hampshire |
8 |
1:171,027 |
Vermont |
5 |
1:129,057 |
South Dakota |
4 |
1:229,176 |
How
common is the last name Covington?
The
surname is the 14,957th most widely held surname throughout the world It is
held by around 1 in 194,775 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where
97 percent of Covington are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97
percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 603,034th most
frequently held first name on earth, held by 210 people.
The last
name is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 36,170
people, or 1 in 10,022. In The U.S. Covington is primarily concentrated in:
North Carolina, where 12 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and
Georgia, where 7 percent reside. Aside from The United States it exists in 47
countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and Australia,
where 1 percent reside.
The
frequency of Covington has changed over time. In The U.S. the number of people
who held the Covington surname expanded 701 percent between 1880 and 2014; in
England it expanded 185 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded
800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
The
religious devotion of those carrying the Covington surname is principally
Anglican (50%) in Ireland.
In The United
States those bearing the Covington surname are 9.56% more likely to be
registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.33%
registered to vote for the political party.
The
amount Covington earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States
they earn 8.06% less than the national average, earning $39,670 USD per year
and in Canada they earn 1.51% more than the national average, earning $50,433
CAD per year.
COVENTON
Although
initially considered to be a spelling error subsequently corrected by many
Covingtons later in life, Coventon remains in use today. The following info is
provided by the Forebears website,
Place |
Incidence |
Frequency |
United States |
136 |
1:2,665,518 |
England |
45 |
1:1,238,179 |
Australia |
42 |
1:642,755 |
Canada |
1 |
1:36,845,673 |
New Zealand |
1 |
1:4,528,323 |
How
common is the last name Coventon?
The last
name Coventon is the 1,087,180th most frequently held last name on a global
scale It is held by around 1 in 32,387,265 people. The last name Coventon is
mostly found in The Americas, where 61 percent of Coventon are found; 61
percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North
America.
The
surname Coventon is most commonly used in The U.S., where it is borne by 136
people, or 1 in 2,665,518. In The U.S.A., Coventon is most common in: Oklahoma,
where 31 percent are found, California, where 20 percent are found and Texas,
where 18 percent are found. Aside from The United States it occurs in 4
countries. It also occurs in England, where 20 percent are found and Australia,
where 19 percent are found.
Coventon
Family Population Trend
The
occurrence of Coventon has changed through the years. In The United States the
number of people bearing the Coventon surname expanded 316 percent between 1880
and 2014 and in England it decreased 13 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Coventon Last Name Statistics demography
In the
United States those holding the Coventon last name are 17.52% more likely to be
registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.29%
registered to vote for the political party.
Coventons earn significantly
more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.23% more than the
national average, earning $57,487 USD per year.
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