Sutton
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English
Etymology
From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sutton (countable and uncountable, plural Suttons)
- Any of a number of places, including:
- A suburban town in southern Greater London, England, historically in Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2664).
- A London borough of Greater London, which includes the town.
- Meronym: Hackbridge
- A village, also known as Sutton-in-the-Isle, in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England.
- A civil parish in Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, which includes the village of Sutton Lane Ends. [1]
- A village and civil parish (served by Sutton by Dover Parish Council) in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3349). [2]
- A suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England; the name Sutton Oak is also used in this area (OS grid ref SJ5393).
- A village and civil parish (served by Sutton and Barlavington Parish Council) in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU9715). [3]
- A northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, on the isthmus near Howth (Irish grid ref O2539).
- The Rural Municipality of Sutton No. 103, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- A town, the county seat of Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname
Derived terms
- Great Sutton
- King's Sutton, Kings Sutton
- Little Sutton
- Long Sutton
- Mablethorpe and Sutton
- Sutton Bingham
- Sutton Bonington
- Sutton Bridge
- Sutton Coldfield
- Sutton Common
- Sutton County
- Sutton cum Duckmanton
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Sutton Mandeville
- Sutton on Sea
- Suttons Bay
- Sutton Scarsdale
- Sutton Scotney
- Sutton tube
- Sutton-under-Whitestonecliffe
- Sutton Veny
- Sutton Weaver
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Sutton is the 341st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 90964 individuals. Sutton is most common among White (72.77%) and Black/African American (21.7%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sutton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.