Rowton
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Roughton.
Proper noun[edit]
Rowton (countable and uncountable, plural Rowtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Chester, England (OS grid ref SJ4464).
- A village in Ercall Magna parish, Telford and Wrekin district, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6119).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rowton is the 27110th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 893 individuals. Rowton is most common among White (91.04%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rowton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Shropshire, England
- en:Places in Shropshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English