Washington is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Washington
No. of characters: 10
Origin: United States
Meaning: Means the person who is originally from Washington, name of various English cities. For the family of the first president of the United States, this is Washington in Durham, Sussex. Toponym meaning: Old English Wassingatun, the domain of the people of Wassa (former name of person).

How popular is Washington?

Washington is common in United States.

Washington is ranked 2365 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Washington bearers increased by 8.801737 per cent in 2010 US census to 177386 since 2000, the surname slipped by 7 spots and ranked at 145. The last name was found in around 601 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 87.53 89.87
White 5.17 5.16
Others 3.78 2.64
Hispanic or Latino 2.54 1.45
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.68 0.64
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.3 0.25
Washington is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Liberia is ahead in terms of density. Around 232135 people have been found who wears Washington as their family name. Washington is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
927 South Korea9
28,661 Serbia8
88,966 Czech Republic7
13,220 Thailand6
7,210 Kuwait5
144,414 Kazakhstan5
1,171 Grenada4
24,505 Saudi Arabia4
59,967 Moldova4
12,383 Armenia4
2,871 Iraq4
19,452 Malaysia3
2,935 Angola3
13,481 Qatar3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
3,707 Malawi3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
2,113 Taiwan3
14,193 Egypt3
15,591 Burkina Faso2
4,413 Democratic Republic of The Congo2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
5,139 Bolivia2
5,217 Zambia2
7,574 Bangladesh2
1,333 Guam2
23,858 Iran2
12,844 Pakistan2
1,421 Gabon2
6,900 Oman2
1,777 Jersey2
473 Anguilla2
10,183 Jordan2
8,657 Lebanon2
5,817 Albania2
408 Åland1
717 Bhutan1
6,033 Benin1
5,916 Mozambique1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
318 Montserrat1
37,493 Austria1
10,190 Bahrain1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
7,110 Bosnia1
1,253 Burundi1
821 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
4,171 Rwanda1
9,498 Iceland1
3,586 Honduras1
4,942 Libya1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
5,872 Namibia1
2,309 Monaco1
480 Micronesia1
2,935 Madagascar1
700 Somalia1
25,746 Finland1
5,589 Sudan1
15,705 Cameroon1
19,810 Croatia1
2,877 Cuba1
10,683 Cyprus1
746 Dominica1
97 Tuvalu1
14,644 Tunisia1
11,831 Tajikistan1
11,486 Estonia1
16,283 Lithuania1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
42,238 Spain50
23,537 Switzerland45
31,692 Zimbabwe40
243 Bermuda38
37,591 Belgium37
403 United States Virgin Islands36
1,305 China36
8,214 Singapore35
11,444 Portugal28
845 The Bahamas28
1,064 Barbados23
23,914 Denmark20
28,338 Norway20
214 British Virgin Islands20
45,793 Philippines18
1,850 Afghanistan16
4,106 Japan16
52,768 United Arab Emirates15
64,976 Belarus13
481 Gibraltar11
17,404 Georgia11
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
3,075 Panama98
19,607 Greece98
84,823 Indonesia97
25,821 Netherlands97
67,110 Italy90
4,622 Wales79
2,992 Puerto Rico68
68,685 Ukraine68
89,784 Germany61
5,450 Ireland60
17,264 Israel59
3,881 Hong Kong59
18,409 Sweden51
Countries with hundreds of Washington:
5,309 Canada824
6,998 Tanzania705
12,297 South Africa511
824 Nicaragua457
10,846 Mexico419
340 Guyana405
15,335 Algeria357
14,898 Morocco336
996 Jamaica321
18,911 Turkey314
2,827 New Zealand270
1,750 Uruguay269
38,971 France257
54,134 Russia257
8,230 Peru242
107,648 India192
28,734 Poland191
28,748 Argentina179
1,133 Trinidad and Tobago174
1,923 El Salvador172
6,815 Chile144
8,098 Colombia140
4,630 Scotland125
3,083 Botswana125
1,069 Costa Rica122
Countries with thousands of Washington:
60 Liberia8,492
5,687 Nigeria4,127
1,464 Kenya3,923
2,902 England2,651
2,514 Uganda2,240
2,346 Ghana1,358
1,594 Ecuador1,174
2,818 Australia1,096
Countries with ten thousands of Washington:
696 Brazil26,981
Countries with hundred thousands of Washington:
157 United States170,783
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Ellen Washington worked as child and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 8 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Constellation and arrived on October 24, 1849. Immigrant Edward Washington, John Washington, Catherine Washington (40) Immigrant, Judy Washington, aged 13, Michael Washington (2), Ellen Washington, aged 21, John Washington (32) Workman, Edward Washington (22) Shoemaker, and 20 other Washington around 66.67% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Washington Namesakes

    Mashona Washington, American professional tennis player
    Fredi Washington, African American theatrical and cinematographic actress, active during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance
    MaliVai Washington, American former professional tennis player
  • Aaliyah Dana Washington, Tika Sumpter's daughter
  • Freddie Washington, Bassist
  • Trooper Washington, Basketball Player
  • Bettye Jean Washington, Musical Artist
  • Ada Washington, Actress
  • Adolpho Washington, Professional Boxer
  • Adolphus Washington, Football player
  • Adolphus Washington, Football defensive lineman
  • Adrian Washington, Actor
  • Mashona Washington, Tennis player
  • In 2019, Bria Washington portrayed the role of Cora Mac in drama film Un-bowed.
  • Charisse Washington, from 2018 thriller film Impetuous, who characterized the Sanchez.
  • In 2017, Patrice Washington characterized the role of N in biography, documentary movie No More Chains.
  • In 2018 drama film, Wind, Nyles Washington characterized Donald Powers.
  • Amber Washington, from 2014 drama flick The Call, who portrayed the Alina Colt.
  • In 2010, Destiny Washington characterized the role of Chloe in drama film No Sister of Mine.

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