How common is the surname Carrington?

13,320 people in the United States had the surname Carrington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,179 Americans. It ranked 2,706th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carrington?

Leonora Carrington, British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist (1917–2011), followed by Terri Lyne Carrington.

Where is the surname Carrington most common?

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

Is the surname Carrington getting more or less common?

More common. 12,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,320 in 2010, up 10%.

What are other spellings of Carrington?

Corrington, Courington, Curenton, Curington and Currington.

The surname Carrington

An English place surname, carried by 13,320 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carrington is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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”).

Carrington 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 13,320 people named Carrington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,179 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,093.

#2,706

rank among US surnames

13,320

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

+10.1%

change since 2000 (was #2,741)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,697	Layne	13,367	23,098
#2,698	Gilliland	13,351	23,125
#2,699	Alba	13,347	23,132
#2,700	Shank	13,343	23,139
#2,701	Traylor	13,341	23,143
#2,703	Tam	13,327	23,167
#2,704	Bales	13,326	23,169

Who is named Carrington

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

47% of people named Carrington identified as Black (not Hispanic), 46% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 47%
White (not Hispanic) 46%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Carringtons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leonora Carrington
British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist (1917–2011)
Terri Lyne Carrington
American drummer (born 1965)
Debbie Lee Carrington
American actress, 1959–2018
Bub Carrington
American basketball player (born 2005)
Rodney Carrington
American actor, born 1968

Notable Carringtons come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Corrington
Courington
Curenton
Curington
Currington

Surnames that sound like Carrington

Carrington has the Soundex code C652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C652.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carrington come from?: 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…
How common is the surname Carrington?: 13,320 people in the United States had the surname Carrington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,179 Americans. It ranked 2,706th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carrington?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Carrington identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 46% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carrington?: Leonora Carrington, British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist (1917–2011), followed by Terri Lyne Carrington.
Where is the surname Carrington most common?: Wikidata records people named Carrington in the United States and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Carrington?: Carrington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Carrington getting more or less common?: More common. 12,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,320 in 2010, up 10%.
What are other spellings of Carrington?: Corrington, Courington, Curenton, Curington and Currington.