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Area code 227
Area code 227 is centred on suburban Maryland outside Washington, DC. We hold 1,302 allocated blocks for it across 38 rate centres, split 60% mobile, 3% landline and 38% VoIP.
The other area codes laid over 227
Area code 227 does not have suburban Maryland outside Washington, DC to itself. 2 other codes — 240, 301 — serve the same rate centres, laid over the same ground rather than dividing it. That is an overlay: a new code added when the old one ran out of numbers, covering the same streets. Two neighbours can hold different area codes, so the code says roughly when a number was issued rather than where it sits.
Each holds its own blocks and its own carrier mix, so a 227 number and a 240 number from the same street can report different line types. Filtering suburban Maryland outside Washington, DC by area code needs all 3 of them.
227 is not confined to suburban Maryland outside Washington, DC itself: its blocks sit across 38 rate centres, named in the table below.
Maryland is split across 6 area codes — 240, 443, 301, 410, 667, 227. By allocated blocks 227 is the 6th largest of them, holding 4% of the Maryland total.
Where 227 numbers are concentrated
NANPA truncates rate-centre names to ten characters and drops the spaces, which is why Laurel236 and Ashton236 are shortened. Names are reproduced as recorded rather than expanded — the abbreviation is the key the block data is filed under.
| Rate centre | Blocks | Share of 227 |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 235 | 18% |
| Washington | 140 | 11% |
| Myersville | 134 | 10% |
| Laurel236 | 91 | 7% |
| Frederick | 81 | 6% |
| Washington | 68 | 5% |
| Ashton236 | 66 | 5% |
| Gaithersbg | 65 | 5% |
| Waldorf | 62 | 5% |
| Washington | 59 | 5% |
| Wsng236Z14 | 33 | 3% |
| Hagerstown | 29 | 2% |
| Washington | 29 | 2% |
| Washington | 24 | 2% |
| Washington | 22 | 2% |
| Washington | 22 | 2% |
| Leonardtn | 19 | 1% |
| Wsng236Z13 | 17 | 1% |
| Wsng238Z15 | 16 | 1% |
| Cumberland | 8 | 1% |
| Bittinger | 7 | 1% |
| Grantsvl | 7 | 1% |
| Washington | 7 | 1% |
| Ashton238 | 6 | 0% |
14 further rate centres in 227 hold fewer blocks than these.
Carriers holding the most 227 blocks
AT&T Wireless447 blocks
Onvoy336 blocks
Omnipoint Communications Cap Operations, Llc151 blocks
Verizon Wireless113 blocks
Bandwidth61 blocks
Commio, Llc52 blocks
The largest holder, AT&T Wireless, has 34% of the code.
These are original allocations. A number keeps its digits and its block when its subscriber moves network, so a ported 227 number still reports the carrier it started with. Closing that gap needs a live query against the routing database. How line type is derived.
Check a single 227 number, or run a whole list through the free cleaner — neither uploads anything.
Common questions
Where is area code 227?
Area code 227 covers suburban Maryland outside Washington, DC. It is not the only code there: 240, 301 are overlays on the same rate centres, so a suburban Maryland outside Washington, DC number can start with any of them.
Is a 227 number a mobile or a landline?
It can be either, and the digits do not say which. North American mobile and landline numbers share the same ranges, so the answer comes from the carrier holding the block. In 227 the split runs 60% mobile, 3% landline and 38% VoIP, so mobile is the most likely single answer.
Which carriers hold 227 numbers?
The largest holders are AT&T Wireless, Onvoy, Omnipoint Communications Cap Operations, Llc. That is the carrier the block was allocated to, which is not necessarily the network a given number sits on today.
How many 227 numbers are there?
The code holds 1,302 allocated blocks in our copy of the numbering plan. A block is 1,000 or 10,000 consecutive numbers depending on how deeply it has been pooled, so 227 covers on the order of 1,302,000 possible numbers — most of which have never been issued to anyone.