Winton
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From either the Old English personal name Wine, which is a byname from wine (“friend”), or winn (“pasture”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
[edit]Winton (usually uncountable, plural Wintons)
- (uncountable) A common placename:
- A place in England:
- A village and civil parish in Eden district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY7810).
- A suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ0893).
- A suburban area of Salford, Greater Manchester (OS grid ref SJ7599).
- A hamlet in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE4096).
- A place in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Merced County, California.
- A minor city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
- A town, the county seat of Hertford County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Chelan County, Washington.
- A ghost town in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
- A town in Southland, New Zealand.
- A town in the Shire of Winton, Queensland, Australia.
- The Shire of Winton, a local government area in central-west Queensland.
- A town in the Rural City of Benalla, Victoria, Australia.
- (archaic) Winchester (the city in Hampshire, England).
- A place in England:
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
[edit]Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Winton is the 8408th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3930 individuals. Winton is most common among White (77.61%) and Black/African American (15.29%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Winton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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