Winterton
English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Winter or Wintra + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪn.təɹ.tən/
- Hyphenation: Win‧ter‧ton
- Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)tən
Proper noun
Winterton (countable and uncountable, plural Wintertons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A town and civil parish with a town council in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SE9218).
- A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, named after James Spearman Winter. [From 1912]
- Synonym: Scilly Cove (historical)
- A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, named after H D Winter.
- A hamlet in the town of Mamakating, Sullivan County, New York, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
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Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Winterton is the 27452nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 878 individuals. Winterton is most common among White (96.47%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Winterton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
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