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The darlington Surname

darlington Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from Darlington in County Durham, recorded in c.1009 as Dearthingtun, from Old English Deorno{dh}ingtun ‘settlement (Old English tun) associated with Deorno{dh}’, a personal name composed of the elements deor ‘dear’ + no{dh} ‘daring’. The surname was present in Scotland from an early period.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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darlington Family Facts

Distribution of darlington Families in the US in 1920
Number of darlington families
 68-133
 23-67		 1-22
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