Watlington
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Wadlington
Etymology
From an unattested Old English personal name + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Watlington (countable and uncountable, plural Watlingtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6110).
- A market town and civil parish in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU6894).
- A suburb of Timaru, New Zealand. [1]
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Watlington is the 15985th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1816 individuals. Watlington is most common among Black/African American (48.68%) and White (45.87%) individuals.
References
- NZ Topo Map
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Watlington”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.