Littleton

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English

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Etymology

From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Littleton (countable and uncountable, plural Littletons)

  1. A village in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  2. Places in England:
    1. A village and civil parish of Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4466).
    2. A hamlet in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4930).
    3. A hamlet in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9847).
    4. A village near Shepperton, Spelthorne borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0768).
    5. A hamlet near Semington, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9060).
  3. Places in the United States of America:
    1. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Arapahoe County, Colorado.
    2. A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
    3. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa.
    4. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Kentucky.
    5. A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
    6. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
    7. A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
    8. A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.
    9. A census-designated place in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Littleton is the 3581st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9939 individuals. Littleton is most common among White (74.9%) and Black/African American (20.26%) individuals.

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