The surname Norrington
An English place surname, carried by 515 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex N652
Origin
English origin
Topographic surname for someone who lived to the north of a settlement, from Old English norþ (“north”) + in + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Northington, which shares the same etymology.
Norrington 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 515 people named Norrington in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 599,506 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 465.
Who is named Norrington
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
53% of people named Norrington identified as white (not Hispanic), 39% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 53%
- Black (not Hispanic) 39%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
- Two or more races 2.7%
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Norrington come from?
- Topographic surname for someone who lived to the north of a settlement, from Old English norþ (“north”) + in + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Northington, which shares the same etymology.
- How common is the surname Norrington?
- 515 people in the United States had the surname Norrington in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 599,506 Americans. It ranked 42,163rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Norrington?
- In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Norrington identified as white (not Hispanic), and 39% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Norrington?
- Norrington is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Norrington getting more or less common?
- More common. 465 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 515 in 2010, up 11%.