Millington
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English
Etymology
From Old English mylen (“mill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Millington (countable and uncountable, plural Millingtons)
- A placename:
- A locality and former civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England, now mostly in Millington and Rostherne civil parish (OS grid ref SJ728847).
- A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE830517). [1]
- A village in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States.
- A village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States.
- A town in Kent County, Maryland, United States.
- A township and village therein, in Tuscola County, Michigan, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.
- A city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Millington is the 11478th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2741 individuals. Millington is most common among White (76.1%) and Black/African American (18.46%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Millington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 592.