Codrington

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cūþhere + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Codrington (countable and uncountable, plural Codringtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A hamlet in Dodington parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST726617).
   2. A community of Brighton, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada.
   3. A town on Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda.
   4. A rural locality on Portland Bay, south-west Victoria, Australia.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Codrington is the 38155^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 581 individuals. Codrington is most common among Black/African American (83.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Codrington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 350.