Carrington
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Corrington, Courington, Curenton, Curington, Currington
Etymology
Two main origins:
- The village in Greater Manchester is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cāra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
- The village in Scotland is named with the Old English personal name Cērihere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Carrington (countable and uncountable, plural Carringtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7492).
- A village and civil parish (served by Carrngton and New Bolingbroke Parish Council) in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3155).
- A northern suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5642).
- A village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3160).
- A village in Saint Philip parish, Barbados.
- An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Foster County, North Dakota, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
- Carrington Event
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Carrington is the 2706th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13320 individuals. Carrington is most common among Black/African American (47.12%) and White (45.74%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295.
- Forebears
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