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    The surname Ellington

    An English place surname, carried by 11,522 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈɛlɪŋtən/ 3 syllables Soundex E452

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ellington is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Ellington 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 11,522 people named Ellington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,796 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,030.

    #3,132
    rank among US surnames
    11,522
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #3,010)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,128Burkholder11,53226,773
    #3,129Poindexter11,53126,775
    #3,130Coyne11,52526,789
    #3,132Ellington11,52226,796

    Who is named Ellington

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

    63% of people named Ellington identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 63%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • 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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    Surnames that sound like Ellington

    Ellington has the Soundex code E452, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E452.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ellington come from?
    From either the Old English personal name Ella or ǣl (“eel”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Ellington?
    11,522 people in the United States had the surname Ellington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,796 Americans. It ranked 3,132nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ellington?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Ellington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Ellington?
    Ellington is /ˈɛlɪŋtən/, 3 syllables.
    What type of surname is Ellington?
    Ellington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Ellington getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,522 in 2010, up 4.5%.