Rushton
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English
Etymology
From Old English risċ (“rush, reed”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Rushton (countable and uncountable, plural Rushtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5863).
- A village and civil parish in Kettering borough, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8482).
- A civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England, which includes the village of Rushton Spencer.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rushton is the 7609th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4369 individuals. Rushton is most common among White (90.23%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rushton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.