Whitton
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from the Old English personal name Hwīta, a byname from hwīt (“white”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Whitton (countable and uncountable, plural Whittons)
- (uncountable) A place in the United Kingdom:
- A suburb of Twickenham, in the borough of Richmond upon Thames, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1473).
- A suburb of Ipswich, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1447).
- A village in Stillington and Whitton parish, Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3822).
- A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO4174). [1]
- A village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9024). [2]
- A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in south Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5772). [3]
- A small village and community south of Knighton, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO2767). [4]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Whitton is the 9940th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3246 individuals. Whitton is most common among White (92.48%) individuals.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Whitton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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