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Covington
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English
Etymology
From en ang Cofingtun, from ang Cofa a masculine given name + ang -ing belonging to + ang -tun settlement; literally “Cofa’s Town”.
Proper noun
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en village/and/cpar in dist/Huntingdonshire co/Cambridgeshire cc/England OS grid ref TL0570. Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
en hamlet carea/South Lanarkshire cc/Scotland OS grid ref NS9739.
en English habitational from the village in England.
en locale c/US.
en city/county seat co/Newton County s/Georgia ; named for Leonard Covington.
en twp co/Washington County s/Illinois.
en city/county seat co/Fountain County s/Indiana.
en A <<city>> in <<s/Kentucky>>, <<c/USA>> and one of the two <<county seats>> of <<co/Kenton County>>; named for American general and statesman Leonard Covington.
en city/parish seat par/St. Tammany Parish s/Louisiana ; named for Leonard Covington.
en twp co/Baraga County s/Michigan.
en unincorporated community s/Michigan ; named for the city in Kentucky.
en unincorporated community s/Missouri.
en ghost town s/Nebraska.
en town/and/hamlet therein, in co/Wyoming County s/New York ; named for Leonard Covington. TopoZone: Covington, New York
en village s/Ohio.
en town s/Oklahoma.
en twp co/Clearfield County s/Pennsylvania.
en twp co/Lackawanna County s/Pennsylvania.
en twp co/Tioga County s/Pennsylvania.
en village coterminous with twp:Suf/Putnam co/Tioga County s/Pennsylvania. Putnam Township, Pennsylvania
en city/county seat co/Tipton County s/Tennessee ; named for Leonard Covington.
en city s/Texas.
en city/county seat co/Allegheny County s/Virginia ; named for Leonard Covington.
en city s/Washington ; named for railroad surveyor Richard Covington.
en Covington County.
Derived terms
en Covington County
en Fort Covington
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Covington is the 1298th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 27068 individuals. Covington is most common among White (48.9%) and Black/African American (45.18%) individuals.
References
en eponyms