Heaton
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English
Etymology
From Old English hēah (“high”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Heaton (countable and uncountable, plural Heatons)
- A placename:
- A district of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD695095).
- A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ950626). [1]
- A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE142193).
- A suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2766).
- An unincorporated community in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Wells County, North Dakota, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Heaton is the 2606th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13834 individuals. Heaton is most common among White (94.09%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heaton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149.