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Etymology

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From Old English ac (oak) + tūn (enclosure; settlement, town); compare the doublet Acton.

Proper noun

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Aughton (countable and uncountable, plural Aughtons)

  1. (uncountable) A placename:
    1. A village in Ellerton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7038).
    2. A village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3905).
    3. A hamlet in Halton-with-Aughton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD5567).
    4. A village in Aston cum Aughton parish, Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4586).
    5. A hamlet in Collingbourne Kingston parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU2356).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

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Statistics

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  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aughton is the 16969th most common surname in England, belonging to 291 individuals.

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