The kilton Surname

kilton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place named Kilton, probably the one in Somerset, from Old English cylfe ‘club-shaped hill’ + tun ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’. There are other places similarly named in Nottinghamshire and North Yorkshire (Cleveland), which probably have different etymologies.

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The kilton name in History

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

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Distribution of kilton Families in the US in 1920

Number of kilton families

8-14

3-7

1-2

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James Kilton of Sparta, North Carolina in 1883	BasketLady420	0
Elizabeth Kilton/Kelton	Lchish	0
Kilton/McKilton	Susan	0

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