Arrington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Arington

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Earna, a byname from earn (“eagle”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Arrington (countable and uncountable, plural Arringtons)

1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3250).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Arrington is the 1,573^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 22,840 individuals. Arrington is most common among White (51.21%) and Black (43.21%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Arrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59.