Tilton

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Tilton (countable and uncountable, plural Tiltons)

1. A surname from Old English.
2. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Fleming County, Kentucky, United States.
   4. A town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States.

Derived terms

• Tilton on the Hill

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tilton is the 4376^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8124 individuals. Tilton is most common among White (92.49%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Litton, on tilt