Loxton
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English
Etymology
Recorded as Lochestone in the Domesday Book, the village takes its name from the Lox Yeo River + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Loxton (countable and uncountable, plural Loxtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3755).
- A town in Northern Cape province, South Africa.
- A town in the Riverland region, South Australia.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Loxton is the 82317th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 229 individuals. Loxton is most common among White (97.38%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loxton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 466.