Roston

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Hrothsige + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The personal name is composed by the elements hrēþ (“glory, triumph”) + siġe (“victory”).

Proper noun

Roston (countable and uncountable, plural Rostons)

1. A hamlet in Norbury and Roston parish, Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1241).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Roston is the 36970^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 604 individuals. Roston is most common among Black/African American (47.35%) and White (43.54%) individuals.

Further reading

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