# Carrington (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,320 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,706 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,179 people |
| Change since 2000 | +10% (12,093 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | 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 unattested Old English personal name *Cērihere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carrington 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) | 46% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carrington in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Carrington

- Leonora Carrington, British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist (1917–2011)
- Terri Lyne Carrington, American drummer (born 1965)
- Debbie Lee Carrington, American actress
- Bub Carrington, American basketball player (born 2005)
- Rodney Carrington, American actor

## Similar surnames

Carranza, Cranston, Carranco, Cherrington, Carmichael, Crenshaw, Cornejo, Carnes, Cornish, Carmack, Cronk, Cairns.

## 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.