Millington

English

Etymology

From Old English mylen (“mill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Millington (countable and uncountable, plural Millingtons)

1. A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ728847).
   2. A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE830517).
   3. A village in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.
   4. A village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States.
   5. A town in Kent County, Maryland, United States.
   6. A township and village therein, in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States.
   7. An unincorporated community in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
   8. An unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.
   9. A city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Millington is the 11478^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2741 individuals. Millington is most common among White (76.1%) and Black/African American (18.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Millington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 592.