Tarleton

English

Alternative forms

• Tarlton

Etymology

From the Old Norse personal name Þóraldr + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Tarleton (countable and uncountable, plural Tarletons)

1. A large village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4520).
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tarleton is the 17463^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1614 individuals. Tarleton is most common among White (78.0%) and Black/African American (18.15%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tolerant