Darrington

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Darrington (countable and uncountable, plural Darringtons)

1. A village and civil parish in West Yorkshire, England.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Darrington is the 15871^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1833 individuals. Darrington is most common among White (60.07%) and Black/African American (33.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Darrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 413.