Shillington

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Scyttel + -ing + dūn (“hill”).

Proper noun

Shillington (countable and uncountable, plural Shillingtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1234).
   2. A borough of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shillington is the 55619^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 369 individuals. Shillington is most common among White (97.56%) individuals.

Further reading

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