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There are approximately 131,270 people named Allen in the UK. That makes it the 46th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 2,078 are named Allen.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
From given name or forename

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The Allen surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

ALLEN. From the personal name Alan, common in Isrman times. Edw. Allen or Alleyne, when he founded Dulwich College, 1019, directed that the master and the warden of his establishment should bear the name of Alleyne or Allen, a regulation which has always been adhered to without much inconvenience, on account of the numerousness of the families bearing it. There are more than fifty coats -armorial assigned to the surname.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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