Eggleton
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed of the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Eggleton (countable and uncountable, plural Eggletons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Eggleton is the 24718th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1009 individuals. Eggleton is most common among White (74.73%) and Black/African American (20.12%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eggleton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 514.