Pelton
See also: pelton
English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Peola + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Pelton (countable and uncountable, plural Peltons)
- A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2553).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pelton is the 5980th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5753 individuals. Pelton is most common among White (92.44%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pelton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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