Melton

See also: melton

English

Etymology

From Old English middel (“middle”) + tūn (“enclosure”). Compare Middleton and Milton.

Proper noun

Melton (countable and uncountable, plural Meltons)

1. The Borough of Melton, a local government district in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Melton Mowbray.
2. A village in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2850)
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Melton is the 688^th 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

• Melton Constable
• Melton Mowbray

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Melton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 572.

Anagrams

• Elmton, loment, molten, tolmen