Urmston

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Wyrm + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Urmston (countable and uncountable, plural Urmstons)

1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7594).
2. A habitational surname from Old English

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Urmston is the 106570^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 167 individuals. Urmston is most common among White (97.01%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nostrum