Carrington

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Corrington, Courington, Curenton, Curington, Currington === Etymology === Two main origins: The village in Greater Manchester is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cāra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The village in Scotland is named with the unattested Old English personal name *Cērihere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Carrington (countable and uncountable, plural Carringtons) (uncountable) A placename: A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7492). A village in Carrington and New Bolingbroke parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3155). A northern suburb of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5642). A village in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3160). A village in Saint Philip parish, Barbados. An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri, United States. A city, the county seat of Foster County, North Dakota, United States. A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia. A suburb of Newcastle in the City of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Carrington is the 2706th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13320 individuals. Carrington is most common among Black/African American (47.12%) and White (45.74%) individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 295. Forebears