Roughton
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English
Etymology
From either Old Norse rugr (“rye”) or Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Rowton.
Proper noun
Roughton (countable and uncountable, plural Roughtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).
- A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2137).
- A hamlet in south Shropshire, England, east of Bridgnorth (OS grid ref SO7594). [1]
- (countable) A habitational surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Roughton is the 21068th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1247 individuals. Roughton is most common among White (94.87%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Roughton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.