Pollington

English

Etymology

From an unclear first element, perhaps related to Scots poffle (“piece of land”), + -ing + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Pollington (countable and uncountable, plural Pollingtons)

1. A village and civil parish in th East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE6119).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pollington is the 93513^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 196 individuals. Pollington is most common among White (90.31%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pollington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.