Felton Family History
Felton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so
called. Most of them, including those in Herefordshire, Shropshire,
and Somerset (Winford), are named from Old English feld
‘pasture’, ‘open country’ + tun ‘enclosure’,
‘settlement’. Another place of the same name in Somerset, also known
as Whitchurch, has as its first element Old English fileðe
‘hay’. Felton Hill in Northumberland is named with the Old English
personal name Fygla (a derivative of fugol ‘bird’;
compare Fowle).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Felton Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Felton families
 101 - 199  34 - 100 |
 1 - 33  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Felton families
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206 - 410 69 - 205 |
1 - 68 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Felton families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Felton Family Origin
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