Christon
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English
Etymology
From a Celtic word related to Welsh crug (“hill”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Christon (countable and uncountable, plural Christons)
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A hamlet in Loxton parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3757).
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Christon is the 37029th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 603 individuals. Christon is most common among Black/African American (46.93%) and White (46.27%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Christon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 333.