Edgington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Edginton, Eginton

Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from a lost place, from the Old English personal name Eċġi + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Edgington (countable and uncountable, plural Edgingtons)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community and township in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Edgington is the 10451^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3077 individuals. Edgington is most common among White (92.82%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Edgington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 512.