Christon

English

Etymology

From a Celtic word related to Welsh crug (“hill”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Christon (countable and uncountable, plural Christons)

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A hamlet in Loxton parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3757).

Derived terms

• Christon Bank

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Christon is the 37029^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 603 individuals. Christon is most common among Black/African American (46.93%) and White (46.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Christon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 333.

Anagrams

• Chronist, chronist, corinths