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Lavington
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English
Etymology
Habitational surname from the villages of en Market Lavington and en West Lavington, from an en ang - personal name ang *Lāfa + ang -ing belonging to + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town.
Proper noun
~ s
en countable en Old English.
en uncountable A placename, from the surname:
en suburb city/Albury s/New South Wales c/Australia.
en unincorporated community in the Okanagan region of p/British Columbia c/Canada.
en suburb city/Nairobi c/Kenya.
Related terms
en East Lavington Market Lavington West Lavington
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Lavington is the 139228th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 120 individuals. Lavington is most common among White (47.5%) individuals.
References
Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading