Ouston
English
editEtymology
editFrom an unclear first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
editOuston (countable and uncountable, plural Oustons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ2554).
- A village near Ninebanks, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY7752).
- A village in Stamfordham parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0869).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Ouston is the 53999th most common surname in England, belonging to 49 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ouston”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in County Durham, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in County Durham, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Northumberland, England
- en:Places in Northumberland, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English