Stoughton

English

Etymology

From Old English stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Stoughton (countable and uncountable, plural Stoughtons)

1. A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK638490).
   2. A suburb of Guildford, Surrey, England (OS grid ref SU980015).
   3. A village and civil parish in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU802114).
   4. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States.
   5. A city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stoughton is the 16359^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1761 individuals. Stoughton is most common among White (96.42%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stoughton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.