Gunton

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Gunton (countable and uncountable, plural Guntons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A railway station in Thorpe Market parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England, named after Gunton Hall some distance away (OS grid ref TG2535).
   2. A northern suburb of Lowestoft, East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM5495).
   3. A community in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2. (countable) A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gunton is the 78821^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 242 individuals. Gunton is most common among White (91.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gunton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 102.