Symington Family History
Symington Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from any of various places in southern
Scotland named with the personal name Simon (see Simon)
+ northern Middle English toun ‘settlement’. The two places in
Ayrshire of this name were both held in the late 12th century by a
certain Simon Loccard or Lockhart, from whom they presumably derive
their name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Symington Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Symington families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Symington families
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26 - 49 9 - 25 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Symington families
|
133 - 263 45 - 132 |
1 - 44 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Symington Family Origin
Symington Immigration Information
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Symington Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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