Kenton

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English

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Kenton (disambiguation)

Etymology

From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Kenton (countable and uncountable, plural Kentons)

(uncountable) A placename:
1. A number of places in England:
  1. A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9583). ^[1]
  2. A suburban area in the borough of Brent and borough of Harrow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1788).
  3. A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1965). ^[2]
  4. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2267).
2. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A town in Kent County, Delaware.
  2. An unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan.
  3. A city, the county seat of Hardin County, Ohio.
  4. A census-designated place in Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
  5. A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
(countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.

Derived terms

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Kenton is the 18198^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1529 individuals. Kenton is most common among White (69.91%) and Black/African American (14.85%) individuals.

References

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kenton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 294.

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