Blurton

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English blor (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Blurton (countable and uncountable, plural Blurtons)

1. A suburban area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8946o4).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Blurton is the 37544^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Blurton is most common among White (89.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Blurton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176.