How common is the surname Allington?

701 people in the United States had the surname Allington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 440,436 Americans. It ranked 32,750th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Allington?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Allington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Allington getting more or less common?

More common. 610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 701 in 2010, up 15%.

The surname Allington

An English place surname, carried by 701 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex A452

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Allington is more common than 79.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

* Kent, near Lenham: Recorded as Alnoitone in 1086 (DB), Eilnothinton in 1242, from Old English Æþelnōþ (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”). * Kent, near Maidstone: Recorded as Elentun in 1086 (DB), from Old English Ælla or Ælle (male personal names) + -ing (“belonging to”) tūn (“homestead”). * Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire (east of Devizes): Recorded in 1086 (DB) as Adelingetone (Lincolnshire), Adelingtone (Wiltshire), from Old English æþeling (“prince”) + tūn (“farmstead”). * Wiltshire, near Amesbury: From Middle English Aldintona (recorded 1178), from Old English Ealda (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”). * Other places: (in Dorset, Hampshire, and near Chippenham, Wiltshire) of unknown origin. * The surname is derived from any of the place names.

Allington is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 701 people named Allington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 440,436 Americans. That is up 15% since 2000, when the Census counted 610.

#32,750

rank among US surnames

701

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+14.9%

change since 2000 (was #35,003)

Who is named Allington

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Allington identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

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Surnames that sound like Allington

Allington has the Soundex code A452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A452.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Allington come from?: * Kent, near Lenham: Recorded as Alnoitone in 1086 (DB), Eilnothinton in 1242, from Old English Æþelnōþ (male personal name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“homestead”). * Kent, near Maidstone: Recorded as Elentun in 1086 (DB), from Old English Ælla or Ælle (male personal names) + -ing (“belonging…
How common is the surname Allington?: 701 people in the United States had the surname Allington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 440,436 Americans. It ranked 32,750th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Allington?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Allington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Allington?: Allington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Allington getting more or less common?: More common. 610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 701 in 2010, up 15%.