Watton
See also: watton
English
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Etymology
[edit]From the Old English personal name Wata + tūn (“settlement”).
Proper noun
[edit]Watton (countable and uncountable, plural Wattons)
- A minor suburb of Bridport, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4591). [1]
- A small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0150). [2]
- A market town and civil parish with a town council in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF9100). [3]
- An unincorporated community in Baraga County, Michigan, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Watton is the 35147th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 641 individuals. Watton is most common among White (95.79%) individuals.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Watton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Suburbs in Dorset, England
- en:Places in Dorset, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- en:Towns in Norfolk, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Places in Norfolk, England
- en:Unincorporated communities in Michigan, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Michigan, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English