Tilton
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Habitational surname from the village of Tilton on the Hill, in Leicestershire, from the Old English personal name Tila + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun[edit]
Tilton (countable and uncountable, plural Tiltons)
- A surname from Old English.
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Poweshiek County, Iowa, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Fleming County, Kentucky, United States.
- A town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tilton is the 4376th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8124 individuals. Tilton is most common among White (92.49%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tilton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- en:Villages in Illinois, USA
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