Wrighton

English

Etymology

Perhaps a habitational surname from Old English hryċġ (“ridge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), or from the village of Reighton, in North Yorkshire.

Proper noun

Wrighton (plural Wrightons)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wrighton is the 80419^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 236 individuals. Wrighton is most common among Black/African American (56.78%) and White (35.59%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ingrowth, throwing, right now, Worthing, worthing