Welton
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English
Etymology
From Old English wella (“well, spring, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Welton (countable and uncountable, plural Weltons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9627). [1]
- A village and civil parish (served by Welton-by-Lincoln Parish Council) in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0179). [2]
- A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5866). [3]
- A suburb of Midsomer Norton, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6654). [4]
- A minor city and township in Clinton County, Iowa, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Welton is the 7028th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4761 individuals. Welton is most common among White (83.97%) and Black/African American (10.82%) individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Welton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.