Dunton
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English
Etymology
From Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Dunton (countable and uncountable, plural Duntons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL2344).
- A village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP822241).
- A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF879303).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Dunton is the 10215th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3155 individuals. Dunton is most common among White (82.95%) and Black/African American (10.62%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dunton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 500.