Wallington, is a

toponymic Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of ''wikt:toponym, toponyms'' (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their origins, meanings, usage and types. Toponym is the general term for a p ...

surname derived from a common English place name. The name "Wallington" derives from the Anglo Saxon "Waletone" meaning "Farm of the serfs or Britons".

People with the surname

George Wallington George Wallington (October 27, 1924 – February 15, 1993) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life Wallington was born Giacinto Figlia (some sources give "Giorgio") in Sicily, and then moved to the United States (New York) with ...

, American musician *

James Wallington James ("Jim") Robert Wallington (July 28, 1944 – April 20, 1988) was an American welterweight boxer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Wallington won the bron ...

, American boxer *

Mark Wallington (writer) Mark Wallington (born 1953 in Swanage) is a writer, perhaps most famous for his humorous "Boogie" travelogues,"Travels with Boogie"(''500 Mile Walkies'' and ''Boogie up the River'') London, Random House(1986;89- reissued 2006) both serialised o ...

, British author *

Nehemiah Wallington Nehemiah Wallington (1598–1658) was an English Puritan artisan (a wood turner) and chronicler from Eastcheap. He left over 2,500 pages and 50 volumes on himself, religion and politics, 8 of which survive. Life Born on 12 May 1598, he was the te ...

, English Puritan

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