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Croxton
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English
Etymology
From either the en non - personal name non Krókr or en ang crōc nook + en -s- + ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town.
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en village/and/cpar in dist/South Cambridgeshire co/Cambridgeshire cc/England OS grid ref TL2459. Parish map (Cambridgeshire)
en hamlet par/Kirmington and Croxton uauth/North Lincolnshire co/Lincolnshire cc/England OS grid ref TA0912.
en village/and/cpar in dist/Breckland co/Norfolk cc/England OS grid ref TL8786. Parish map (Norfolk)
en hamlet par/Fulmodeston dist/North Norfolk co/Norfolk OS grid ref TF9831. OS: North Norfolk
en village bor/Stafford co/Staffordshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ7832.
en neighbourhood city/Jersey City co/Hudson County s/New Jersey c/USA.
en countable en habitational.
Derived terms
en Croxton Kerrial
Croxton East
en Kirmington and Croxton
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Croxton is the 15681st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1861 individuals. Croxton is most common among White (71.57%) and Black/African American (23.64%) individuals.
References
Further reading
en surnames from Old Norse surnames from Old English