Clouston

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from a place in the Orkney islands, from Old Norse Klóstathr.

Proper noun

Clouston (countable and uncountable, plural Cloustons)

1. A habitational surname from Old Norse.
2. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Clouston is the 60347^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 334 individuals. Clouston is most common among White (91.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Clouston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 347.