Croxton

English

Etymology

From either the Old Norse personal name Krókr or Old English crōc (“nook”) + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Croxton (countable and uncountable, plural Croxtons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2459).
   2. A hamlet in Kirmington and Croxton parish, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0912).
   3. A village and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL8786).
   4. A hamlet in Fulmodeston parish, North Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TF9831).
   5. A village in Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ7832).
   6. A neighbourhood of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname.

Derived terms

• Croxton Kerrial
• Kirmington and Croxton

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Croxton is the 15681^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1861 individuals. Croxton is most common among White (71.57%) and Black/African American (23.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Croxton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 389.