Egerton

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name Ecgheard or Ecghere + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Egerton (countable and uncountable, plural Egertons)

1. A placename:
   1. A civil parish of Cheshire East, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, with the settlement of Egerton Green (OS grid ref SJ5252).
   2. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD7114).
   3. A village in Ashford borough, Kent, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref TQ9047).
   4. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
3. (countable) A male given name

Derived terms

• Egerton Green

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Egerton is the 25486^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 970 individuals. Egerton is most common among White (71.96%) and Black/African American (24.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Egerton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 514.