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The norton Surname

norton Name Meaning and History

  1. English: habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English norð ‘north’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. In some cases, it is a variant of Norrington.
  2. Irish: altered form of Naughton, assimilated to the English name.
  3. Jewish (American): adoption of the English name in place of some like-sounding Ashkenazic name.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of norton Families in the US in 1920
Number of norton families
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Threads: 1463 - Messages: 3692
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Sarah Norton: Hampshire bertadams1 0
BANGOR , MAINE NORTON'S sierra33 12
William Norton b.1558 Kent, England & Alice Browst snorton_1 0
missing family, bill and helen weir norton norma.....canada 2
norton from norwich lindanorton1262 0
John Norton TN>AR>MO>TX>LA J_Shahmiri 1
Daniel Norton Gen Arnold 3
Col. N.L. Norton (Texas) caturnbo2 3
John Norton b. 1483 SheilaNorton27 7
Hiram Norton bouchasharon 13
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