Hinton
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun[edit]
Hinton (countable and uncountable, plural Hintons)
- A suburb of Port Stephens, Hunter Region, New South Wales, Australia.
- A town in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
- A number of places in England:
- A civil parish in east Dorset, served by the Vale of Allen Parish Council Group.
- A village and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6803).
- A village in Dyrham and Hinton parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7376).
- A settlement in New Forest district, Hampshire, location of Hinton Admiral house and railway station (OS grid ref SZ2195).
- A village in Daventry district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP5352).
- A locality in Shropshire.
- A locality in Somerset.
- A hamlet in Blythburgh civil parish, East Suffolk district, Suffolk.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Nevada County, California.
- A small city in Plymouth County, Iowa.
- A township in Mecosta County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
- A town in Caddo County, Oklahoma.
- A city, the county seat of Summers County, West Virginia.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hinton is the 979th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 35606 individuals. Hinton is most common among White (53.16%) and Black/African American (40.63%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hinton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 181.
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