Heaton

English

Etymology

From Old English hēah (“high”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Heaton (countable and uncountable, plural Heatons)

1. A placename:
   1. A district of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD695095).
   2. A village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ950626).
   3. A suburb of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE142193).
   4. A suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2766).
   5. An unincorporated community in Pinal County, Arizona, United States.
   6. An unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States.
   7. An unincorporated community in Wells County, North Dakota, United States.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Heaton Chapel
• Heaton Mersey
• Heaton Norris
• Heaton Park

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Heaton is the 2606^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13834 individuals. Heaton is most common among White (94.09%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Heaton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149.

Anagrams

• hate on, hate-on, on heat