# Ellington (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/ellington/  
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) | 11,522 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,132 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,796 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (11,030 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛlɪŋtən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ellington 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) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Similar surnames

Ellingson, Ellinger, Elling, Ellingsworth, Elms, Elmquist.

## 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.