Last Name ELLINGTON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Ellington, a parish in county Huntingdon; also, a township in the parish of Woodhorn, county Northumberland; also, a township in the parish of Masham, North Riding Yorks.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	3,010 (2000 US census)	2,624 (1990 US census)

Count	11,030 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

65.83%, or 7261 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
29.29%, or 3231 total occurrences, as black,
0.43%, or 47 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.36%, or 40 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.96%, or 216 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.13%, or 235 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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