# Covington (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from the village in England.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,068 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,298 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,406 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.6% (25,403 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”); literally “Cofa’s Town”.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Covington 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Covington in the United States.

## People named Covington

- Robert Covington, American basketball player (born 1990)
- Colby Covington, American mixed martial artist (born 1988)
- Bucky Covington, American singer
- Joey Covington, American drummer (1945–2013)
- Harold Covington, American neo-Nazi (1953–2018)

## Similar surnames

Cavanaugh, Cavanagh, Caviness, Cabanas, Coppinger, Cavins, Cobbins, Cabaniss, Chaffins.

## 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.