The last name Willingham has a great history in the UK dating back to the middle ages. Willingham is a early Anglo-Saxon occupational surname. The earliest documentation of the name was found in 1339 in the county of Kent in England.
Willingham is the 285th most common surname in Europe. A late eighteenth century Willingham was noted as liking a drink after police allegedly escorted him out of no less than eight taverns in a single evening. A tarnished past is evident, particularly around the winter of 1910 when Barry Willingham stole a cow and was sentenced to prison. 111
Some of the more famous Willingham's include: