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dunton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of various places called Dunton. Most (for example those in Bedfordshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Norfolk, and Warwickshire) are named from Old English dun ‘hill’ (see Down 1) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. One in Buckinghamshire probably has as its first element the Old English personal name Dudda (see Dodd).

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Distribution of dunton Families in the US in 1920
Number of dunton families
 59-115
 20-58		 1-19
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Threads: 115 - Messages: 257
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DUNTON FAMILY CHERIE M. WHITE 9
Duntons from Missouri Mark Dunton 7
Dunton's from Virginia deidra_goodwin 2
Kendrick Dunton Lorna Palevich 1
Dunton family/Ben,Joy,Ruby,Edna & Elmer/Pa.1900 lornaj1 1
Hiram Dunton, Worcester MA hoosll 1
George DUNTON -b. abt 1830 in Maine stormgazr1 3
Dunton's in Nebraska profpi4gd 2
Gary Dunton profpi4gd 0
Donna Marie Dunton jwelsch 0
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