Shillington
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English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Scyttel + -ing + dūn (“hill”).
Proper noun
Shillington (countable and uncountable, plural Shillingtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1234).
- A borough of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Shillington is the 55619th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 369 individuals. Shillington is most common among White (97.56%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Shillington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.