Binnington

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Binnington (countable and uncountable, plural Binningtons)

1. A village in Willerby parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England.
2. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Binnington is the 12476^th most common surname in England, belonging to 448 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Binnington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162.