The kington Surname
kington Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of the various places so
called, in Dorset, Herefordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, and
Worcestershire. These are named from Old French cyne- ‘royal’
(replaced by Old English cyning ‘king’) + tun
‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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