Cayton

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Cǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Cayton (countable and uncountable, plural Caytons)

1. A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0583).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Cayton is the 12785^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2413 individuals. Cayton is most common among White (83.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cayton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 307.

Anagrams

• Conaty