Yeaton

English

Etymology

From Old English ēa (“river, stream”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Proper noun

Yeaton (countable and uncountable, plural Yeatons)

1. A village in Baschurch parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ432194).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Yeaton is the 21717^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1198 individuals. Yeaton is most common among White (91.82%) individuals.

Further reading

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