Hoghton

English

Etymology

See Houghton.

Proper noun

Hoghton (countable and uncountable, plural Hoghtons)

1. A village and civil parish in Chorley borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD614263).
2. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hoghton is the 56985^st most common surname in England, belonging to 45 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hoghton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190.
• Forebears