Kenton
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From either the Old English personal name Cena or cyne- (“royal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Kenton (countable and uncountable, plural Kentons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A number of places in England:
- A village and civil parish in Teignbridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9583). [1]
- A suburban area in the borough of Brent and borough of Harrow, Greater London (OS grid ref TQ1788).
- A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk (OS grid ref TM1965). [2]
- A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear (OS grid ref NZ2267).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Kent County, Delaware.
- An unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan.
- A city, the county seat of Hardin County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Cimarron County, Oklahoma.
- A town in Gibson County, Tennessee.
- A number of places in England:
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kenton is the 18198th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1529 individuals. Kenton is most common among White (69.91%) and Black/African American (14.85%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kenton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 294.
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Devon, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Devon, England
- en:Suburbs in Greater London, England
- en:Places in Greater London, England
- en:Villages in Suffolk, England
- en:Places in Suffolk, England
- en:Suburbs in Tyne and Wear, England
- en:Places in Tyne and Wear, England
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Towns in Delaware, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Delaware, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in Michigan, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Michigan, USA
- en:Cities in Ohio, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:County seats of Ohio, USA
- en:Places in Ohio, USA
- en:Census-designated places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Census-designated places in the United States
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Towns in Tennessee, USA
- en:Places in Tennessee, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English given names
- English male given names
- English male given names from surnames
- English 2-syllable words