Ecton
English
editEtymology
editFrom the Old English personal name Ecca + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
editEcton (countable and uncountable, plural Ectons)
- A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, east of Northampton, and previously in Wellingborough district (OS grid ref SP8263).
- A hamlet in Wetton parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0958).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ecton is the 49365th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 426 individuals. Ecton is most common among White (81.22%) and Black/African American (16.2%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ecton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 511.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Staffordshire, England
- en:Places in Staffordshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English