Abington

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ɪŋ.tən/

Proper noun

Abington (countable and uncountable, plural Abingtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. The villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.
   2. A suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7861).
   3. A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9323).
   4. A civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.
   5. A civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.
2. (uncountable) A number of places in the United States:
   1. A village in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
   2. A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
   3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.
   4. A town in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
   5. A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
3. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Great Abington
• Little Abington

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abington is the 82908^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 227 individuals. Abington is most common among White (58.15%) and Black/African American (35.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.

Anagrams

• Baginton, batoning