Bampton

English

Etymology

From Old English bēam (“beam, tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Bampton (countable and uncountable, plural Bamptons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5118).
   2. A small town and civil parish in Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS9522)
   3. A village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP3103).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bampton is the 6046^th most common surname in England, belonging to 1150 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bampton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 93.
• Forebears