Gatton

English

Alternative forms

• Gatten

Etymology

Habitational surname for someone from Gatton, Surrey, from Old English gāt (“goat”) + tūn (“settlement”).

Proper noun

Gatton (countable and uncountable, plural Gattons)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A small village in Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ2753).
3. A rural town in Lockyer Valley Region, Queensland, Australia.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gatton is the 15615^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1871 individuals. Gatton is most common among White (92.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gatton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 21.