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    The surname Billington

    An English place surname, carried by 3,678 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex B452

    Billington: #8,904 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Billington #8,904, 3,678 people Billington: #8,904 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Billington #8,904, 3,678 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Billington is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Two different origins: * The place in Bedfordshire is recorded in 1196 as Billendon, from the Old English personal name *Billa + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill”). * The village in Lancashire is probably named with *billing (“sword-shaped, ridge-shaped”) (see bill) + dūn (“hill”).

    Billington 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 3,678 people named Billington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,944 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,671.

    #8,904
    rank among US surnames
    3,678
    people in 2010
    1.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #8,300)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,896Tarpley3,68083,898
    #8,900Brigman3,67983,921
    #8,904Billington3,67883,944
    #8,906Dear3,67783,967
    #8,907Marine3,67683,990
    #8,909Stapp3,67584,012
    #8,911Claus3,67484,035

    Who is named Billington

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

    87% of people named Billington identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 8.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Billingtons

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James H. Billington
      13th Librarian of Congress (1929–2018)
    • Francelia Billington
      American actress (1895-1934)
    • Teddy Billington
      American racing cyclist, 1882–1966
    • Michael Billington
      British actor (1941–2005)
    • Michael Billington
      British author and arts critic (born 1939)

    Notable Billingtons come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Billinton

    Surnames that sound like Billington

    Billington has the Soundex code B452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B452.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Billington come from?
    Two different origins: * The place in Bedfordshire is recorded in 1196 as Billendon, from the Old English personal name *Billa + -ing (“belonging to”) + dūn (“hill”). * The village in Lancashire is probably named with *billing (“sword-shaped, ridge-shaped”) (see bill) + dūn (“hill”).
    How common is the surname Billington?
    3,678 people in the United States had the surname Billington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,944 Americans. It ranked 8,904th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Billington?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Billington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Billington?
    James H. Billington, 13th Librarian of Congress (1929–2018), followed by Francelia Billington.
    Where is the surname Billington most common?
    Wikidata records people named Billington in the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Billington?
    Billington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Billington getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,671 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,678 in 2010, up 0.2%.
    What are other spellings of Billington?
    Billinton.