Pelton

See also: pelton

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Peola + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Pelton (countable and uncountable, plural Peltons)

1. A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Pelton wheel

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pelton is the 5980^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5753 individuals. Pelton is most common among White (92.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pelton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• lepton, pentol