Drayton Family History
Drayton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places in
England named Drayton, from Old English dræg ‘drag’,
‘portage’, ‘slipway’, or ‘sledge’ (a place where boats were dragged
across land or where loads had to be dragged uphill or on sledges
across wet ground, from dragan ‘to draw or drag’) +
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Drayton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Drayton families
 146 - 290  49 - 145 |
 1 - 48  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Drayton families
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121 - 239 41 - 120 |
1 - 40 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Drayton families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Drayton Family Origin
Drayton Immigration Information
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Drayton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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