# Eddington (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/eddington/  
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) | 3,408 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,539 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 90,594 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (3,244 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛdɪŋtən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Edington |

## Etymology

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

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eddington 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) | 71% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Eddington in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.

## People named Eddington

- Arthur Eddington, British astrophysicist (1882-1944)
- Paul Eddington, British actor (1927–1995)
- Nora Eddington, American film actress (1924–2001)
- Sophie Edington, Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, world champion, former world record-holder

## Similar surnames

Edington, Eddings, Eddins, Ethington, Edens, Edmiston, Edinger, Ettinger.

## 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.