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easton Name Meaning and History

Scottish and English: habitational name from any of the numerous places so called. Most are from Old English east ‘east’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; examples in Devon and the Isle of Wight get their names from the Old English phrase beeastan tune ‘(place) to the east of the settlement’. Another in Devon gets its first element from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Ælfric (composed of the elements ælf ‘elf’ + ric ‘power’) or A{dh}elric (composed of the elements a{dh}el ‘noble’ + ric ‘power’). One in Essex is from Old English eg ‘island’ + stan(as) ‘stone(s)’. Finally Easton Neston in Northamptonshire gets its name from Old English Eadstanestun ‘settlement of Eadstan’, a personal name composed of the elements ead ‘prosperity’, ‘riches’ + stan ‘stone’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of easton Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: Less than 1% (9 of 2007)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (4 of 2007)Maryland: 4% (73 of 2007)Delaware: Less than 1% (2 of 2007)New Jersey: 3% (66 of 2007)Connecticut: 1% (23 of 2007)Rhode Island: 2% (36 of 2007)Massachusetts: 3% (52 of 2007)Hawaii: Less than 1% (0 of 2007)Alaska: Less than 1% (1 of 2007)California: 8% (152 of 2007)Nevada: Less than 1% (8 of 2007)Oregon: 1% (20 of 2007)Washington: 2% (35 of 2007)Idaho: Less than 1% (4 of 2007)Utah: Less than 1% (8 of 2007)Arizona: Less than 1% (6 of 2007)New Mexico: Less than 1% (4 of 2007)Colorado: 2% (34 of 2007)Wyoming: Less than 1% (9 of 2007)Montana: 1% (15 of 2007)North Dakota: Less than 1% (10 of 2007)South Dakota: Less than 1% (7 of 2007)Nebraska: 2% (38 of 2007)Kansas: 1% (30 of 2007)Oklahoma: 2% (50 of 2007)Texas: 3% (51 of 2007)Minnesota: 1% (20 of 2007)Iowa: 4% (71 of 2007)Missouri: 4% (73 of 2007)Arkansas: 1% (28 of 2007)Louisiana: 1% (27 of 2007)Illinois: 8% (165 of 2007)Wisconsin: 1% (25 of 2007)Michigan: 5% (102 of 2007)Indiana: 4% (73 of 2007)Ohio: 6% (118 of 2007)Kentucky: 2% (46 of 2007)West Virginia: 1% (14 of 2007)Tennessee: Less than 1% (8 of 2007)Mississippi: 1% (14 of 2007)Alabama: Less than 1% (7 of 2007)Florida: Less than 1% (8 of 2007)Georgia: 1% (21 of 2007)South Carolina: Less than 1% (3 of 2007)North Carolina: 1% (13 of 2007)Virginia: 2% (35 of 2007)Maryland: 4% (73 of 2007)Delaware: Less than 1% (2 of 2007)New Jersey: 3% (66 of 2007)Pennsylvania: 7% (147 of 2007)New York: 10% (205 of 2007)Connecticut: 1% (23 of 2007)Rhode Island: 2% (36 of 2007)Massachusetts: 3% (52 of 2007)Vermont: Less than 1% (9 of 2007)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (4 of 2007)Maine: Less than 1% (8 of 2007)
Number of easton families
 104-205
 35-103		 1-34
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