Berrington
English
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Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Old English burg (“fortified place, stronghold”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
Proper noun
[edit]Berrington (countable and uncountable, plural Berringtons)
- A small village in Kyloe parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NU0043).
- A small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5206). [1]
- A small village in Tenbury parish, Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO5667).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Berrington is the 99378th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 182 individuals. Berrington is most common among White (87.36%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Berrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 147.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Northumberland, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Northumberland, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Shropshire, England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Shropshire, England
- en:Villages in Worcestershire, England
- en:Places in Worcestershire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English