Conington

== English == === Alternative forms === (surname): Cunnington === Etymology === From Old English cyning (“king”) + tūn (“enclosure; manor; town”), perhaps under the influence of Old Norse konungs (“king's”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), the source of the placenames Coniston and Coniston Cold. Doublet of Kingstown, Kingston, Kingstone, and Cunnington. Cf. also Kingsville, Kingsburg, Kingsburgh, Coningsby, and Conisbrough. === Proper noun === Conington (countable and uncountable, plural Coningtons) (uncountable) A placename: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1786). A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3266). (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Conington is the 48451st most common surname in England, belonging to 58 individuals. === References === Survey of English Place-Names === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Conington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 360. Forebears === Anagrams === connoting