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kingston Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of the numerous places throughout England called Kingston or Kingstone. Almost all of them, regardless of the distinction in spelling, were originally named in Old English as cyningestun ‘the king’s settlement’, i.e. royal manor. However, Kingston upon Soar in Nottinghamshire is named as ‘royal stone’, while Kingstone in Somerset is ‘king’s stone’; both probably being named for some local monument.

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The kingston name in History

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

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Distribution of kingston Families in the US in 1920
Number of kingston families
 96-190
 33-95		 1-32
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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