Covington

English

Etymology

From Old English Cofingtun, from Cofa (a masculine given name) + -ing (“belonging to”) + -tun (“settlement”, literally “Cofa's town”).

Proper noun

Covington (countable and uncountable, plural Covingtons)

1. A village in Huntingdonshire, England.
2. An English habitational surname from the village in England.
3. A locale in the United States.
   1. A city in Kentucky, United States and one of the two county seats of Kenton County; named for American general and statesman Leonard Covington.
   2. A city in Washington; named for railroad surveyor Richard Covington.
   3. A city, the county seat of Newton County, Georgia; named for Leonard Covington.
   4. A city, the county seat of Tipton County, Tennessee; named for Leonard Covington.
   5. A city, the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana; named for Leonard Covington.
   6. A city, the county seat of Allegheny County, Virginia; named for Leonard Covington.
   7. A city, the county seat of Fountain County, Indiana.
   8. A village in Ohio.
   9. A town in New York; named for Leonard Covington.
   10. A town in Oklahoma.
   11. A city in Texas.
   12. An unincorporated community in Michigan; named for the city in Kentucky.
   13. An unincorporated community in Missouri.
   14. A ghost town in Nebraska.
4. Ellipsis of Covington County.

Derived terms

• Covington County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Covington is the 1298^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 27068 individuals. Covington is most common among White (48.9%) and Black/African American (45.18%) individuals.