Littleton
English
Etymology
From Old English lȳtel (“small, little”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Littleton (countable and uncountable, plural Littletons)
- A village in County Tipperary, Ireland.
- Places in England:
- A village and civil parish of Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ4466).
- A hamlet in South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4930).
- A hamlet in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9847).
- A village near Shepperton, Spelthorne borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0768).
- A hamlet near Semington, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9060).
- Places in the United States of America:
- A home rule municipality, the county seat of Arapahoe County, Colorado.
- A village in Schuyler County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Clay County, Kentucky.
- A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
- A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
- A town in Halifax County, North Carolina.
- A census-designated place in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Littleton is the 3581st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9939 individuals. Littleton is most common among White (74.9%) and Black/African American (20.26%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Littleton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 447.
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