Coulton

English

Etymology

Probably from Old English col (“coal”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Coulton (countable and uncountable, plural Coultons)

1. A village and civil parish (served by Gilling East with Cawton, Coulton and Grimston Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE634567).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coulton is the 55962^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 366 individuals. Coulton is most common among White (76.23%) and Black/African American (21.04%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Coulton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 375.