Codrington
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English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Cūþhere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Codrington (countable and uncountable, plural Codringtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A hamlet in Dodington parish, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST726617).
- A community in Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
- A town on Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda.
- A rural locality on Portland Bay, south-west Victoria, Australia.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Codrington is the 38155th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 581 individuals. Codrington is most common among Black/African American (83.13%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Codrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350.