The deighton Surname

deighton Name Meaning and History

English (chiefly Yorkshire): habitational name from any of several places in Yorkshire named Deighton, from Old English dic ‘ditch’, ‘dike’ + tun ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’. See also Ditton.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

Learn the meaning and history of your first name

Share this page with friends and family

The deighton name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the deighton family name as far back in history as possible.

deighton Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

Are you a Facebook user? Add deighton family facts to your Facebook profile.

Distribution of deighton Families in the US in 1920

Number of deighton families

7-11

3-6

1-2

Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

Click on a state to view deighton census records

Year

How is this helpful?

You can decide where (in which states) to start searching for deighton records.
You can see how deighton families moved over time by selecting different Census years.

What do I do next?

The information for this map came from Ancestry.com’s US Federal Census Collection.

Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, residence and occupation.
Click here to search deighton census records.

More resources for your deighton family history

Deighton message board

Subscribe to RSS

Begin New Thread

Threads: 37 - Messages: 142

Thread	Author	Replies
George Deighton - Hannah Matheson c1870	Patti Flynn Heimsness	1
Yorkshire DEIGHTON/DEETON	MAndrew6862	14
Deighton	gpollock01	1
deighton family history	caroletidball	0
archive catalogue	lwd1942	0
John Deighton/dighton	lwd1942	0
More Deightons from Yorkshire	juliestevans1	14
deighton's of bradford west yorkshire	lwd1942	5
Deighton, Vause	armadale	2
Jane Deighton ~ bp 1609	BasketLady420	1

Viewing 1-10 of 37 | Go to the full board

Start your FREE family tree. We'll start searching.

Enter a few simple facts about your family. We'll use what you enter to try and find more.

Begin your family tree with your name:

Member Connections

Anonymously contact one of the Ancestry members researching the deighton last name.
Search for Ancestry members researching one of your specific ancestors.
Create or update your own Ancestry member profile so that other members can anonymously contact you.

More Tools and Resources

Search Ancestry.com for all of your deighton ancestors.
Create and publish your own family history book using Ancestry Press.
Learn more about your family history using DNA Ancestry.
Learn more about family history in the Ancestry Learning Center.
Visit the Ancestry.com homepage.

Member Login

Username	Password (Forgot?)