Tarleton
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Þóraldr + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Tarleton (countable and uncountable, plural Tarletons)
- A large village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4520).
- A habitational surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tarleton is the 17463rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1614 individuals. Tarleton is most common among White (78.0%) and Black/African American (18.15%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tarleton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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