The Arrington surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 22,840 people carried this name — #1,573 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 21,216 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Arrington surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Arrington» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

41 families named Arrington, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 227 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 20
Virginia 11
Maryland 8
South Carolina 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 227 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Arrington in American newspapers,
1887–1900.

Newspaper page from Devils Lake Inter-ocean carrying the name Arrington
Devils Lake Inter-ocean 1887-09-03
Newspaper page from Barton County Democrat carrying the name Arrington
Barton County Democrat 1900-08-24
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Arrington
The Topeka State Journal 1900-08-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 33,643 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Arrington in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

383 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Arrington. The most, 85, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 123
Victoria 119
Queensland 45
Tasmania 36
Western Australia 33
South Australia 24
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Arrington.

Who carried it

People named Arrington,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Marie Burroughs
    Marie Burroughs 1866–1926 · actor
  • Clark R. Arrington d. 2024
  • Archibald Hunter Arrington 1809–1872 · politician
  • Alfred W. Arrington 1810–1867 · writer
  • Mary-Louise Arrington 1850– · artist
  • George Wimberly Arrington 1864–1885

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Arrington,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States995 records

995 records of the Arrington name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 648
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 224
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 89
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Elbert Arrington

    Born 1932; from Washington, D.C. U.S. Army, general construction worker; killed in action 1951 in North Korea. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Daniel Arrington

    Born 1904 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; warehouseman from Richmond County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Michael D. Arrington

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1958, died 1993; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 995 records for Arrington in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Arrington name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Henry Arrington

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Supply, bound for Halifax, aged 38.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Flora A. Arrington

    Died 1938 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Nina Estelle Arrington

    Born 1917 in Hebron, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Arrington name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ann Arrington

    Buried in 1821 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 45.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Arrington in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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