Plumpton
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Plimpton
Etymology
From Old English plūme (“plum”) + tūn (“settlement, town”). Doublet of Plympton.
Proper noun
Plumpton (countable and uncountable, plural Plumptons)
- A placename:
- A western suburb of Sydney, in the City of Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia.
- A northwestern suburb of Melbourne, in the City of Melton, Victoria, Australia.
- A village in Hesket parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4937).
- A village and civil parish in Lewes district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3513). The railway station and racecourse are at Plumpton Green to the north.
- Two hamlets, Great Plumpton and Little Plumpton, in Westby-with-Plumptons civil parish, Fylde district, Lancashire, England.
- A village in Weston and Weedon civil parish, South Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP5948).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Plumpton is the 123064th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 140 individuals. Plumpton is most common among White (100.0%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Plumpton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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