Reddington

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Redington

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Reddington (countable and uncountable, plural Reddingtons)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Indiana, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Reddington is the 16087^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1800 individuals. Reddington is most common among White (96.06%) individuals.

Further reading

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