Fenton

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Finton

Etymology

From Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Fenton (countable and uncountable, plural Fentons)

1. A placename:
   1. A hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL319817).
   2. A village in Hayton parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY501560).
   3. A village in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK880509).
   4. A village and civil parish of West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK844767).
   5. A hamlet in Sturton le Steeple parish, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK792248).
   6. A town in Staffordshire, England, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ897446).
   7. A city in Kossuth County, Iowa, United States.
   8. An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States.
   9. A village in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, United States.
   10. A city in Genesee County, Michigan, United States.
   11. A municipality of St. Louis County, Missouri, United States.
   12. A town in Broome County, New York, United States.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Church Fenton
• Fenton's reagent

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fenton is the 2274^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16017 individuals. Fenton is most common among White (88.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fenton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Fenton

1. (hapax) a habitutional surname

Descendants

• English: Fenton, Finton
• Yola: Vinteen

References

• “Fenton”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.