Frampton

English

Etymology

From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Frampton (countable and uncountable, plural Framptons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6295).
   2. A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3239).
   3. A hamlet in Llantwit Major community, Vale of Glamorgan county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9769).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Frampton Cotterell
• Framptonesque
• Frampton Mansell
• Frampton on Severn

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Frampton is the 9978^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3233 individuals. Frampton is most common among White (92.36%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frampton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 596.