Melton
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English
Etymology
From Old English middel (“middle”) + tūn (“enclosure”). Compare Middleton and Milton.
Proper noun
Melton (countable and uncountable, plural Meltons)
- The Borough of Melton, a local government district in Leicestershire, England, formed in 1974, with its headquarters in Melton Mowbray.
- A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2850). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Melton is the 688th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 50069 individuals. Melton is most common among White (79.76%) and Black/African American (14.2%) individuals.
See also
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Melton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 572.