Gratton

English

Alternative forms

• Grattan

Etymology

From Old English grēat (“great”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Gratton (countable and uncountable, plural Grattons)

1. A civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK205061).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gratton is the 13588^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2231 individuals. Gratton is most common among White (87.4%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gratton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 77.