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    The surname Eddington

    An English place surname, carried by 3,408 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɛdɪŋtən/ 3 syllables Soundex E352

    Eddington: #9,539 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Eddington #9,539, 3,408 people Eddington: #9,539 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eddington #9,539, 3,408 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eddington is more common than 94.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Eddington 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 3,408 people named Eddington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,594 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,244.

    #9,539
    rank among US surnames
    3,408
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.1%
    change since 2000 (was #9,242)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,531Carle3,41090,541
    #9,535Cardinale3,40990,568
    #9,539Eddington3,40890,594
    #9,544Harsh3,40790,621
    #9,547Bose3,40690,648
    #9,548Arney3,40590,674

    Who is named Eddington

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

    71% of people named Eddington identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 71%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 23%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Eddingtons

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • 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, born 1984

    Notable Eddingtons come mostly from the United Kingdom (2), the United States (1) and Australia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Eddington

    Eddington has the Soundex code E352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E352.

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Eddington come from?
    From the Old English personal name Ēada + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Eddington?
    3,408 people in the United States had the surname Eddington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,594 Americans. It ranked 9,539th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eddington?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Eddington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Eddington?
    Arthur Eddington, British astrophysicist (1882-1944), followed by Paul Eddington.
    Where is the surname Eddington most common?
    Wikidata records people named Eddington in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
    How do you pronounce Eddington?
    Eddington is /ˈɛdɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Eddington?
    Eddington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Eddington getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,244 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,408 in 2010, up 5.1%.
    What are other spellings of Eddington?
    Edington.