Barrington

== English == === Etymology === As an English surname, from several placenames, such as the one in Gloucestershire, from the Old English personal name Beorn + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). There is also the placename in Somerset of Norman origin, probably named after Barentin in Seine-Maritime, from Medieval Latin Barentinum, Barentini, of pre-Latin origin, perhaps of Celtic/Gaulish origin and identical with Barenton, both names from a Gaulish word related to water. As an Irish surname, from Ó Bearáin (literally “descendant of Bearán”), see Barnes, Barron. === Proper noun === Barrington (countable and uncountable, plural Barringtons) (uncountable) A placename: A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3949). A civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, which includes the villages of Great and Little Barrington. A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST3818). A small village on the Barrington River, New South Wales, Australia. A locality in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia. A rural community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada. A hamlet in the township of Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada. A number of places in the United States: A suburban village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois. A town in Strafford County, New Hampshire. A borough in Camden County, New Jersey. A town in Yates County, New York. A suburban residential town in Bristol County, Rhode Island. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Barrington is the 6928th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4843 individuals. Barrington is most common among White (79.85%) and Black/African American (14.14%) individuals. === References === === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 106.