Luddington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Ludington

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Luddington (countable and uncountable, plural Luddingtons)

1. A village in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE830166).
2. A village and civil parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP165525).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Luddington is the 94730^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 193 individuals. Luddington is most common among White (73.06%) and Black/African American (21.76%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Luddington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 470.