Plympton
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (surname): Plimpton
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English, from Old English Plymentun (c. 900), from plymen (“growing with plum trees”), from plume.[1] Doublet of Plumpton.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Plympton (countable and uncountable, plural Plymptons)
- A former town which is now a suburb of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5456).
- A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
- A former township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, now in Plympton-Wyoming.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Plympton is the 75564th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 255 individuals. Plympton is most common among White (92.94%) individuals.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Plympton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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- en:Suburbs in Devon, England
- en:Places in Devon, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Towns in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Massachusetts, USA
- en:Places in the United States
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- en:Places in Ontario
- en:Places in Canada
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English