Bevington

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Bevington (countable and uncountable, plural Bevingtons)

1. A hamlet in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST657949).
2. A city in Madison County, Iowa, United States.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bevington is the 20758^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1273 individuals. Bevington is most common among White (92.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bevington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 152.