Abington
English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Abba + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.ɪŋ.tən/
Proper noun
Abington (countable and uncountable, plural Abingtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- The villages and civil parishes of Great Abington and Little Abington in South Cambridgeshire, Cambridgeshire, England, known as The Abingtons.
- A suburb of Northampton, West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Northampton borough (OS grid ref SP7861).
- A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9323).
- A civil parish and townland in County Limerick, Ireland.
- A civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland.
- (uncountable) A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut.
- A township in Mercer County, Illinois.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Wayne County, Indiana.
- A town in Plymouth County, southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
- A township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Abington is the 82908th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 227 individuals. Abington is most common among White (58.15%) and Black/African American (35.68%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
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