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Conington
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Cunnington
Etymology
From en ang cyning king + ang tūn enclosure; manor; town, perhaps under the influence of Old Norse non konungs king's + Old English ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town, the source of the placenames en Coniston and en Coniston Cold. en Kingstown Kingston Kingstone Cunnington. Cf. also en Kingsville, en Kingsburg, en Kingsburgh, en Coningsby, and en Conisbrough.
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en village/and/cpar in dist/Huntingdonshire co/Cambridgeshire cc/England OS grid ref TL1786. Parish map (Huntingdonshire)
en village/and/cpar (without a council) in dist/South Cambridgeshire co/Cambridgeshire OS grid ref TL3266. Parish map (South Cambridgeshire)
en countable en habitational Old English.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Conington is the 48451st most common surname in England, belonging to 58 individuals.
References
Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading
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Anagrams
en cginnnoot connoting