Crafton
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English croh (“saffron”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Crafton (countable and uncountable, plural Craftons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A hamlet in Mentmore civil parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP8919).
- An unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
- A borough of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Fluvanna County, Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Crafton is the 8173rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4056 individuals. Crafton is most common among White (82.99%) and Black/African American (12.03%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Crafton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 380.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Buckinghamshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Buckinghamshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Unincorporated communities in California, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in California, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Boroughs in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Virginia, USA
- en:Places in Virginia, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English