Ellington

English

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Ellington (countable and uncountable, plural Ellingtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1571).
   2. A village in Ellington and Linton parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2791).
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
      2. A township in Adams County, Illinois.
      3. A township in Hancock County, Iowa.
      4. A township in Tuscola County, Michigan.
      5. A township in Dodge County, Minnesota.
      6. A minor city in Reynolds County, Missouri.
      7. A town in Chautauqua County, New York.
      8. A town in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ellington is the 3132^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11522 individuals. Ellington is most common among White (62.74%) and Black/African American (31.0%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ellington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 523.

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