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    The surname Essington

    An English place surname, carried by 337 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex E252

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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). Essington is more common than 63.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Essington 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 337 people named Essington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 916,159 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 329.

    #59,901
    rank among US surnames
    337
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #57,849)

    Who is named Essington

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

    93% of people named Essington identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Essington come from?
    From the Old English personal name Esne + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
    How common is the surname Essington?
    337 people in the United States had the surname Essington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 916,159 Americans. It ranked 59,901st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Essington?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Essington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Essington?
    Essington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Essington getting more or less common?
    More common. 329 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 337 in 2010, up 2.4%.