Roughton
English
editEtymology
editFrom either Old Norse rugr (“rye”) or Old English rūh (“rough”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”); compare the doublet Rowton.
Proper noun
editRoughton (countable and uncountable, plural Roughtons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2464).
- A village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2137).
- A hamlet in south Shropshire, England, east of Bridgnorth (OS grid ref SO7594). [1]
- (countable) A habitational surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Roughton is the 21068th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1247 individuals. Roughton is most common among White (94.87%) individuals.
References
editFurther reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Roughton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Old English
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Norfolk, England
- en:Places in Norfolk, England
- en:Villages in Shropshire, England
- en:Places in Shropshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old Norse
- English surnames from Old English