Origin and popularity of the name KINGTON
Origin
Kington : English: habitational name from Kington Saint Michael or West Kington (both Wiltshire) Kington (Worcestershire) Kington in Thornbury (Gloucestershire) Kington in Claverdon (Warwickshire) Old Kington (Herefordshire) or any of the three places called Kington in Dorset. The placenames derive from Old English cyne ‘royal’ or cyning ‘king’ + tūn ‘farmstead estate’.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
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Geographic distribution of the 984 individuals with the name KINGTON on Geneanet.
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