Laxton

English Etymology A place name truncated from a great variety of predecessors, the place having been formerly known as Laxington, Lexington, Lexinton, and Lessington. The earliest attestations of the place name are found in the Domesday Book variously as Laxintone and Lexingtune; these Domesday forms derive from the Anglo-Saxon Leaxingatūn, from the Old English Anglo Saxon personal name Leaxa + ang -ing belonging to + ang tun settlement, so meaning "farmstead or estate of the people of a man called Leaxa". Proper noun ~ s en village/and/cpar in the co/East Riding of Yorkshire cc/England OS grid ref SE7925. Parish map (East Riding) en village/and/cpar (without a council) in x/North Northamptonshire co/Northamptonshire cc/England previously in dist/East Northamptonshire OS grid ref SP9596. Parish map (Northamptonshire) en village par/Laxton and Moorhouse dist/Newark and Sherwood co/Nottinghamshire cc/England OS grid ref SK7267. An habitational surname. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Laxton is the 13407th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2273 individuals. Laxton is most common among White (91.9%) individuals. References