# Northington (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/northington/  
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) | 2,245 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,509 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 137,526 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.9% (2,288 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived to the north of a settlement, from Old English norþ (“north”) + in + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Compare Norrington, which shares the same etymology.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Northington 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) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.3% |

## Similar surnames

Norton, Nordin, Northam, Nardone, Norden, Nordman.

## 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.