Brittingham

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from either of two places called Brettenham, from Old English Bryttas (“Briton”) + hamm (“enclosure”).

Proper noun

Brittingham (plural Brittinghams)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brittingham is the 8875^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3689 individuals. Brittingham is most common among White (74.0%) and Black/African American (21.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brittingham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 230.