Last Name BYINGTON

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Meaning	From 'Bying,' a habitation, and ton, a hill or inclosure.

Origin	Anglo-Saxon, French, German

Rank	9,041 (2000 US census)	7,854 (1990 US census)

Count	3,324 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.18%, or 3064 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.3%, or 10 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 13 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
3.55%, or 118 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.2%, or 40 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.38%, or 79 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte