Knowlton

English

Etymology

From Old English cnoll (“knoll, summit”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Proper noun

Knowlton (countable and uncountable, plural Knowltons)

1. A hamlet in East Dorset district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SU022103).
2. A hamlet in Dover district, Kent, England.
3. A village in the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
4. A township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States.
5. A town and census-designated place therein, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States.
6. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Knowlton is the 4354^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8157 individuals. Knowlton is most common among White (90.78%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Knowlton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 325.