as a Last Name
- 149,051
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Cunningham
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: habitational name from a district in Ayrshire, first recorded in 1153 in the form Cunegan, a Celtic name of uncertain origin. The spellings in -ham, first recorded in 1180, and in -ynghame, first recorded in 1227, represent a gradual assimilation to the English placename element -ingham.
| 194th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 149,051
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Cunningham per capita
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