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Cawston
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English
Alternative forms
surname en Cason
Etymology
Recorded as Caustune in the Domesday Book, it probably derives from the genitive case of the en non - personal name non Kalfr + en -s- + en ang tūn enclosure; settlement, town.
Proper noun
~ s
en village/and/cpar in dist/Broadland co/Norfolk cc/England OS grid ref TG136312. Parish map (Norfolk)
en village/and/cpar in bor/Rugby co/Warwickshire cc/England OS grid ref SP4773. Parish map (Warwickshire)
en rural community in the rdist/Okanagan-Similkameen p/British Columbia c/Canada, named after rancher R. L. Cawston.
en habitational.
Statistics
According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cawston is the 9773rd most common surname in England, belonging to 615 individuals.
References
Anagrams
en acnostw nowcast Sactown snowcat ant cows
en surnames from Old Norse surnames from Old English