Boughton

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English

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Etymology

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From the Old English personal name Bucca, a byname from bucc (buck, he-goat), + tūn (enclosure; settlement, town).

Proper noun

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Boughton (countable and uncountable, plural Boughtons)

  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    1. A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002). [1]
    2. A village and civil parish to the north of Northampton in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7565). [2]
    3. A village in Ollerton and Boughton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6768).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

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Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Boughton is the 9978th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3233 individuals. Boughton is most common among White (87.5%) individuals.

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