Binnington
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Old English personal name Benna + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
editBinnington (countable and uncountable, plural Binningtons)
- A village in Willerby parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England.
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Binnington is the 12476th most common surname in England, belonging to 448 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Binnington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162.