as a Last Name
- 10,036
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Farrington
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from a place called Farrington. There is one in Somerset, but the surname is associated mainly with Farington, Lancashire. Both are named from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + tūn ‘settlement’. The surname probably reached America also via Ireland, where it is recorded as early as the 14th century.
| 3,567th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 10,036
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Farrington per capita
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