Halton Family History
Halton Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from any of
several places named Halton, usually from Old English h(e)alh
‘nook’, ‘hollow’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Halton in
Cheshire, however, is possibly named from an Old English
hathel ‘heathery place’ + tun, and Halton in
Northumberland from an Old English haw ‘look out’ +
hyll ‘hill’ + tun.Irish: altered form of
O’Haltahan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
hUltacháin ‘descendant of Ultachán’, a diminutive of
Ultach ‘Ulsterman’. This is a rare Fermanagh surname, which is
sometimes Anglicized as Nolan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Halton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Halton families
 32 - 62  11 - 31 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Halton families
|
399 - 796 134 - 398 |
1 - 133 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Halton families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Halton Family Origin
Halton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Halton
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Halton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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