Chaytor

English

Etymology

Occupational surname from Middle English catour (“acater, provisioner”), aphetic form of Old French acatour.

Proper noun

Chaytor (plural Chaytors)

1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Chaytor is the 13394^th most common surname in England, belonging to 407 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Chaytor”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 322.