Owston
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Owston (countable and uncountable, plural Owstons)
- A village in Owston and Newbold parish, Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK774079).
- A village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE549011). [1]
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Owston is the 127494th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 134 individuals. Owston is most common among White (91.79%) individuals.
References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Owston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Leicestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Places in Leicestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in South Yorkshire, England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in South Yorkshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English