Saxton
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English
Etymology
From Old English Seaxe (“Saxons”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Saxton (countable and uncountable, plural Saxtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village in Saxton with Scarthingwell parish, Selby district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4736).
- A suburb of Nelson, Nelson, New Zealand.
- An unincorporated community in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Missouri, United States.
- A borough of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Saxton is the 3726th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9509 individuals. Saxton is most common among White (78.19%) and Black/African American (15.81%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saxton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.