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    The surname Codrington

    An English place surname, carried by 581 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C365

    Codrington: #38,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Codrington #38,155, 581 people Codrington: #38,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Codrington #38,155, 581 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Codrington is more common than 76.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From the Old English personal name Cūþhere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

    Codrington 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 581 people named Codrington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 451.

    #38,155
    rank among US surnames
    581
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.8%
    change since 2000 (was #44,821)

    Who is named Codrington

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

    83% of people named Codrington identified as Black (not Hispanic), 9.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 9.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Codringtons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Henry Codrington
      Anglican priest and anthropologist (1830–1922)

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Codrington come from?
    From the Old English personal name Cūþhere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Codrington?
    581 people in the United States had the surname Codrington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 531,404 Americans. It ranked 38,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Codrington?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Codrington identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Codrington?
    Robert Henry Codrington, Anglican priest and anthropologist (1830–1922).
    Where is the surname Codrington most common?
    Wikidata records people named Codrington in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
    What type of surname is Codrington?
    Codrington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Codrington getting more or less common?
    More common. 451 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 581 in 2010, up 29%.