Knapton
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English cnapa (“servant”) + tūn (“town”).
Proper noun edit
Knapton (countable and uncountable, plural Knaptons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG305340).
- A village in Rufforth with Knapton parish, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE561520).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Knapton is the 34223rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Knapton is most common among White (94.57%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Knapton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 322.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Norfolk, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Norfolk, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English