# Babington (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/babington/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 664 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,185 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 464,978 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (599 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name Babba + the connective particle -ing- + tūn (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Babington in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Babington in Argentina.

## People named Babington

- Carlos Babington, Argentine footballer

## Similar surnames

Buffington, Babineaux, Bevington, Bivens, Bivins, Bevins, Bevans, Bibbins.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.