Deighton
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Dayton
Etymology
From Old English dīċ (“ditch, trench, moat”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”); compare the doublet Ditton.
Proper noun
Deighton (countable and uncountable, plural Deightons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A small village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ3801). [1]
- A small village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE6244). [2]
- A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1619).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Deighton is the 60196th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 335 individuals. Deighton is most common among White (95.52%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Deighton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 428.