Broxton
English
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Etymology
editFrom Old English burgæsn (“burial place”); the suffix -ton is not historical and it's the product of a the development of the original ending -son.
Proper noun
editBroxton (countable and uncountable, plural Broxtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish (served by Broxton and District Parish Council) in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4854).
- A small city in Coffee County, Georgia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Broxton is the 17441st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1617 individuals. Broxton is most common among White (47.19%) and Black/African American (46.69%) individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Broxton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 237.
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- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Cheshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Cheshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Cities in Georgia, USA
- en:Cities in the United States
- en:Places in Georgia, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in Oklahoma, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in Oklahoma, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English