Covington

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English

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Etymology

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

Proper noun

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

  1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL0570). [1]
  2. A hamlet in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9739).
  3. An English habitational surname from the village in England.
  4. A locale in the United States.
    1. A city, the county seat of Newton County, Georgia; named for Leonard Covington.
    2. A township in Washington County, Illinois.
    3. A city, the county seat of Fountain County, Indiana.
    4. A city in Kentucky, United States and one of the two county seats of Kenton County; named for American general and statesman Leonard Covington.
    5. A city, the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; named for Leonard Covington.
    6. A township in Baraga County, Michigan.
    7. An unincorporated community in Michigan; named for the city in Kentucky.
    8. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
    9. A ghost town in Nebraska.
    10. A town in New York; named for Leonard Covington.
    11. A village in Ohio.
    12. A town in Oklahoma.
    13. A township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
    14. A township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
    15. A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
    16. A village coterminous with Putnam Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. [2]
    17. A city, the county seat of Tipton County, Tennessee; named for Leonard Covington.
    18. A city in Texas.
    19. A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Virginia; named for Leonard Covington.
    20. A city in Washington; named for railroad surveyor Richard Covington.
  5. Ellipsis of Covington County.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Covington is the 1298th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 27068 individuals. Covington is most common among White (48.9%) and Black/African American (45.18%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
  2. ^ Putnam Township, Pennsylvania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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