# Wellington (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/wellington/  
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 from the places in England.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,784 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,156 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,511 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.4% (6,257 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɛlɪŋtən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From earlier Wēolingtūn, from: # For the place in Shropshire, England: Partly uncertain. The second element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come either from *wœling (“ridge, bank”), or else from *wēoling (“device, artefact”). # For the place in Somerset, England: Partly obscure. The last element from Old English tūn (“estate”), while the first element could come from either the personal name *Wēola + ing, or else *wēoling (“trap”). # Many places with this name are named after Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Wellington 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) | 54% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Wellington in the United States.

## People named Wellington

- George L. Wellington, American politician (1852-1927)

## Similar surnames

Wallington, Walling, Welling, Wellons, Williams, Williamson, Willingham, Willems, Walmsley, Wilmès, Wallingford, Willing.

## 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.