Coulton
English
Etymology
Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Coulton (countable and uncountable, plural Coultons)
- A village and civil parish in the Ryedale district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE634567).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Coulton is the 55962nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 366 individuals. Coulton is most common among White (76.23%) and Black/African American (21.04%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Coulton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 375.
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