Gayton Family History
Gayton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places in
Merseyside, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, and Staffordshire called
Gayton, or from Gayton le Marsh or Gayton le Wold in Lincolnshire. The
Northamptonshire and Staffordshire place names are from an Old English
personal name G?ga + tun ‘farmstead’; the others
are from Old Norse geit ‘goat’ + tún ‘farmstead’.French: diminutive of Gayte, a southern variant of
guette ‘watch’, and hence an occupational name for a watchman.
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Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gayton
Name Distribution of Gayton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gayton families
 17 - 31  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gayton families
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58 - 114 20 - 57 |
1 - 19 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gayton families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gayton census records
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Gayton Family Origin
Gayton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Gayton
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Gayton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gayton census records
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Gayton Civil War Service Records
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