Frampton
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English
Etymology
From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Frampton (countable and uncountable, plural Framptons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6295). [1]
- A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3239). [2]
- A hamlet in Llantwit Major community, Vale of Glamorgan county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9769).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Frampton is the 9978th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3233 individuals. Frampton is most common among White (92.36%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frampton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 596.