Hammerton

English

Etymology

Recorded as Hambretone in the Domesday Book, 1086. Perhaps from Old English hamor (“hammer-sedge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

Proper noun

Hammerton (countable and uncountable, plural Hammertons)

1. The villages of Green Hammerton and Kirk Hammerton in North Yorkshire, England.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hammerton is the 104602^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 171 individuals. Hammerton is most common among White (90.06%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hammerton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 122.