Dunnington
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Old English personal name Dunna + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
editDunnington (countable and uncountable, plural Dunningtons)
- A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE671526).
- An unincorporated community in Benton County, Indiana, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunnington is the 24446th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1024 individuals. Dunnington is most common among White (83.4%) and Black/African American (12.6%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dunnington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 500.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Indiana, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Indiana, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English