Crichton
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Welsh carreg (“rock”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), analysable as the modern -ton.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Crichton (countable and uncountable, plural Crichtons)
- A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Midlothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT384619).
- A ghost town in the Rural Municipality of Wise Creek, No. 77, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after James Crichton.
- A neighbourhood of Mobile, Alabama, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname from places.
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Crichton is the 15777th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1847 individuals. Crichton is most common among White (82.62%) individuals.
See also
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crichton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 384.