Melton
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See also: melton
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English middel (“middle”) + tūn (“enclosure”). Compare Middleton and Milton.
Proper noun[edit]
Melton (countable and uncountable, plural Meltons)
- The Borough of Melton, a local government district in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Melton Mowbray.
- A village in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2850)
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Melton is the 688th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 50069 individuals. Melton is most common among White (79.76%) and Black/African American (14.2%) individuals.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Melton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 572.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Districts of Leicestershire, England
- en:Districts of England
- en:Places in Leicestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Suffolk, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Suffolk, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Boroughs in England