# Warrington (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/warrington/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,477 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,441 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 68,963 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.7% (4,445 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɔ(ː)ɹɪŋtən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English Wardintone, from an unattested Old English personal name *Wearda, from weard (“guard”), + -ing + tūn, meaning either "Wearda's estate" or "the lookout place".

## Who carries it

Share of people named Warrington 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Warrington in Trinidad and Tobago and the United States.

## People named Warrington

- Don Warrington, British actor
- Alicia Warrington, American drummer

## Similar surnames

Waring, Warnock, Warnick, Warnke, Warnecke, Wierenga, Warmack, Wrench.

## 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.