Brockington
A place-based surname meaning “one from Brockington,” referring to a settlement name built from an older personal name plus “town.”
The #9,350 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 88,745 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Brockington is an English locational surname taken from a place name. It is generally understood as meaning “the settlement of Broca’s people” or “Brocca’s farm/town,” with the first element likely coming from an Old English personal name such as Brocca or Broc and the second from Old English "tūn," meaning an enclosure, farm, or settlement. In other words, the surname originally identified someone who came from a place called Brockington or a similarly formed place-name.
History
Like many English surnames, Brockington would have developed when people began to be identified by the villages or estates they left. The surname is especially likely to have arisen in England and later spread through migration to other English-speaking regions, including the United States. Because several English place-names can produce similar surnames, the exact local source may vary by family line.
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Fun fact
The ending “-ton” is one of the clearest clues to an English place-name origin, because it often goes back to Old English for “farm” or “settlement.”