Allington Family History
Allington Name Meaning
Southern English: habitational name from any of at least nine
different places called Allington, two in Kent, three in Wiltshire,
and one each in Dorset, Devon, Hampshire, and Lincolnshire. These have
different origins: those in Devon, Wiltshire near Chippenham, and Kent
near Maidstone are from the Old English personal name Ælla +
-ing-, implying association, + tun ‘settlement’;
those in Dorset, Wiltshire near Devizes, and Lincolnshire are named
with Old English ætheling ‘atheling (prince)’ +
tun; those in Hampshire and Wiltshire near Amesbury are from
the Old English personal name Ealda + tun; and the
one in Kent near Lenham is from the Old English personal name
Æþelnoþ + -ing- + tun.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Allington Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Allington families
 14 - 25  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Allington families
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62 - 122 21 - 61 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Allington families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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