Ayton
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English
Etymology
Probably from Old English ēa (“river”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Ayton (countable and uncountable, plural Aytons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT9261).
- A community in the municipality of West Grey, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ayton is the 79338th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 240 individuals. Ayton is most common among White (61.67%) and Black/African American (34.17%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ayton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 75.