Last Name EDINGTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Edington, a township in parish of Mitford, county Northumberland; also a township in the parish of Moorlinch, county Somerset; also a parish in county Wilts, near Westbury.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	9,621 (2000 US census)	7,216 (1990 US census)

Count	3,101 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.55%, or 2808 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.06%, or 157 total occurrences, as black,
0.84%, or 26 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.39%, or 12 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.52%, or 47 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.64%, or 51 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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