Cherrington

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ceorra or from ġeċierring (“river turn”) + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Proper noun

Cherrington (countable and uncountable, plural Cherringtons)

1. A village in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ664199).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cherrington is the 26853^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 905 individuals. Cherrington is most common among White (83.87%) and Black/African American (12.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cherrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 324.