Lamberton
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English lamb (“lamb”) + burna (“stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
editLamberton (countable and uncountable, plural Lambertons)
- A placename:
- A landed estate in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT967572).
- A town in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lamberton is the 24838th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1002 individuals. Lamberton is most common among White (95.21%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lamberton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 384.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Places in the Scottish Borders, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- en:Towns in Minnesota, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in Minnesota, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Unincorporated communities in New Jersey, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in the United States
- en:Places in New Jersey, USA
- en:Unincorporated communities in West Virginia, USA
- en:Places in West Virginia, USA
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English