Belton
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an unexplained first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Belton (countable and uncountable, plural Beltons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A community of Thames Centre, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
- A place in England:
- A small village and civil parish of North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire (OS grid ref SK4420).
- A village in Belton and Manthorpe parish, South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK9338).
- A village in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SE7806).
- A village in Belton with Browston civil parish, Great Yarmouth borough, Norfolk (OS grid ref TG4802).
- A place in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
- A city in Cass County, Missouri.
- The former name of an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Flathead County, Montana, now known as West Glacier.
- A city in Anderson County, South Carolina.
- A city, the county seat of Bell County, Texas, named after Peter Hansborough Bell.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Belton is the 3939th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9041 individuals. Belton is most common among Black/African American (62.06%) and White (30.49%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Belton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 134.
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- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English