Popularity of the last name by country
United Kingdom
- Cumbria (38,317)
- Northumberland (36,730)
- County Durham (22,784)
- Lancashire (19,752)
- Dumfries and Galloway (12,408)
- London (8,264)
- North Yorkshire (7,131)
- Strathclyde (6,362)
- Lincolnshire (5,858)
- Antrim (5,743)
- Lothian (3,988)
- Kent (3,945)
- Derbyshire (3,628)
- Norfolk (3,374)
- Fermanagh (2,304)
- Surrey (2,270)
- Borders (1,912)
- Warwickshire (1,856)
- Staffordshire (1,810)
- Hampshire (1,785)
- Armagh (1,765)
- Cheshire (1,756)
- Suffolk (1,673)
- Essex (1,486)
- Nottinghamshire (1,411)
- Shropshire (1,383)
- Tyne and Wear (1,358)
- Leicestershire (1,343)
- Londonderry (1,176)
- Bedfordshire (1,085)
- Cambridgeshire (1,051)
- Berkshire (991)
- Gloucestershire (984)
- Central (975)
- Herefordshire and Worcester (867)
- Hertfordshire (757)
- Somerset (605)
- Down (566)
- Tyrone (565)
- Cornwall (537)
- Tayside (511)
- Fifeshire (438)
- Cleveland (392)
- Oxfordshire (362)
- Merseyside (358)
- West Yorkshire (353)
- Buckinghamshire (347)
- Gwent (346)
- Highlands (320)
- East Sussex (295)
- Northamptonshire (282)
- Dorset (274)
- Devon (271)
- South Yorkshire (226)
- Grampian (207)
- Wiltshire (193)
- Isle of Man (188)
- West Sussex (173)
- Avon (162)
- Gwynedd (147)
All countries
- United Kingdom (238,626)
- United States (199,615)
- Ireland (58,603)
- Australia (21,946)
- Canada (17,254)
- New Zealand (14,196)
- France (5,833)
- Unknown country (3,157)
- Switzerland (1,516)
- Netherlands (1,268)
- Germany (708)
- Italy (564)
- Belgium (490)
- Puerto Rico (424)
- India (294)
- Colombia (288)
- Spain (287)
- South Africa (276)
- Denmark (257)
- Sweden (242)
- Mexico (231)
- Argentina (194)
- Chile (150)
- China (133)
- Singapore (123)
- Russian Federation (116)
- Portugal (110)
- Greece (103)
- Ukraine (102)
- Sri Lanka (101)
- Egypt (92)
- Philippines (92)
- Senegal (92)
- Peru (83)
- Austria (75)
- Cuba (74)
- Turkey (73)
- Lebanon (65)
- Norway (65)
- Poland (65)
Origine of last name
ARMSTRONG : 1: English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.2: Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir literally ‘son of the strong man’.
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