Melton Family History
Melton Name Meaning
Northern English: habitational name from any of various places, for
example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Yorkshire, all
of which have the same origin as Middleton, with Old English
middel replaced by its Old Norse equivalent meðal
after the Scandinavian settlement of northern and eastern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Melton Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Melton families
 218 - 433  73 - 217 |
 1 - 72  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Melton families
|
122 - 242 41 - 121 |
1 - 40 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Melton families
|
8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Melton Family Origin
Melton Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Melton
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Melton Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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