Drayton
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English
Etymology
From Middle English Drayton, from Old English Drægtūn (literally “town where logs are dragged”), from draġan (“to draw, drag”) + tūn (“enclosure, town”). Alternatively from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (“town, settlement”) + Old English tūn.
Proper noun
Drayton (countable and uncountable, plural Draytons)
- Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones:
- A suburban area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU672860).
- A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP830922). [1]
- A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG185135). [2]
- A suburb of Daventry, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5662).
- A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4241). [3]
- A village and civil parish near Abingdon, Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire. [4]
- A village and civil parish in South Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST404248). [5]
- A hamlet in Chaddesley Corbett parish, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO906760).
- A locality in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A community of Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
- An unincorporated community in Dooly County, Georgia, United States.
- A city in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Drayton is the 4640th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7648 individuals. Drayton is most common among Black/African American (78.52%) and White (15.0%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Drayton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 487.