Manton

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Menton

Etymology

Various origins:

• In general, from Old English ġemǣne (“common, shared”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
• In the case of the village in Lincolnshire, from Old English mealm (“sand, chalk”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
• The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Manntáin (“descendant of Manntán”), a nickname derived from a diminutive of mantach (“toothless”).

Proper noun

Manton (countable and uncountable, plural Mantons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. An outer rural locality and suburb of Darwin, in Litchfield Municipality, Northern Territory, Australia.
   2. A village and civil parish of North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9302).
   3. A former mining village, a suburb southeast of the town of Worksop, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5978).
   4. A village in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8804).
   5. A village and suburb of the town of Marlborough, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1768).
   6. A census-designated place in Tehama County and Shasta County, California, United States.
   7. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky, United States.
   8. A city in Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
   9. A neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Manton is the 27678^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 869 individuals. Manton is most common among White (89.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Manton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 509.