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    The surname Edington

    An English surname, carried by 3,150 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɛdɪŋtən/ 3 syllables Soundex E352

    Edington: #10,233 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Edington #10,233, 3,150 people Edington: #10,233 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Edington #10,233, 3,150 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edington is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English Eþandūn.

    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 3,150 people named Edington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 98,014 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,101.

    #10,233
    rank among US surnames
    3,150
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #9,621)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,224Michelson3,15397,921
    #10,228Trammel3,15297,952
    #10,232Lukens3,15197,983
    #10,233Edington3,15098,014
    #10,234Livermore3,14998,046
    #10,237Gruver3,14898,077

    Who is named Edington

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

    89% of people named Edington identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Edington

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Edington come from?
    From Old English Eþandūn.
    How common is the surname Edington?
    3,150 people in the United States had the surname Edington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 98,014 Americans. It ranked 10,233rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Edington?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Edington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Edington?
    Edington is /ˈɛdɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.
    Is the surname Edington getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,150 in 2010, up 1.6%.
    What are other spellings of Edington?
    Eddington.