Owston

English

Etymology

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Owston (countable and uncountable, plural Owstons)

1. A village in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK774079).
2. A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE549011).
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Owston Ferry
• Owston's tit

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Owston is the 127494^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 134 individuals. Owston is most common among White (91.79%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Owston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.