Farrington Family History
Farrington Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place called Farrington. There is
one in Somerset, but the surname is associated mainly with Farington,
Lancashire. Both are named from Old English fearn ‘fern’ +
tun ‘settlement’. The surname probably reached America also
via Ireland, where it is recorded as early as the 14th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Farrington
Name Distribution of Farrington Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Farrington families
 559 - 1,116  187 - 558 |
 1 - 186  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Farrington families
|
8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Farrington census records
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Farrington Family Origin
Farrington Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Farrington Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Farrington Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Farrington census records
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Military Service by Farrington
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