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Broxton
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English
Etymology
From en ang burgæsn burial place; the suffix -ton is not historical and it's the product of a the development of the original ending -son.
Proper noun
~ s
en uncountable A placename:
en village/and/cpar (served by Broxton and District Parish Council) in uauth/Cheshire West and Chester co/Cheshire cc/England OS grid ref SJ4854. Parish map (Cheshire)
en small city co/Coffee County s/Georgia c/USA.
en unincorporated community co/Caddo County s/Oklahoma c/USA.
en habitational Old English.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Broxton is the 17441st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1617 individuals. Broxton is most common among White (47.19%) and Black/African American (46.69%) individuals.
References
Survey of English Place-Names
Further reading