Lavington

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the villages of Market Lavington and West Lavington, from the Old English personal name Lāfa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Lavington (countable and uncountable, plural Lavingtons)

1. (countable) A surname from Old English.
2. (uncountable) A placename, from the surname:
   1. A suburb of Albury, New South Wales, Australia.
   2. An unincorporated community in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada.
   3. A suburb of Nairobi, Kenya.

Related terms

• East Lavington
• Market Lavington
• West Lavington

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lavington is the 139228^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 120 individuals. Lavington is most common among White (47.5%) individuals.

References

• Survey of English Place-Names

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lavington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 406.