Kington
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Kington (countable and uncountable, plural Kingtons)
- A town and civil parish with a town council in north-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO2956). [1]
- A village and civil parish (served by Kington and Dormston Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9856). [2]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kington is the 50851st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 410 individuals. Kington is most common among White (91.71%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 307.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Towns in Herefordshire, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Herefordshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Worcestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Worcestershire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English