Houghton
English
Etymology
From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Pronunciation
- (Michigan) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊtən/
Proper noun
Houghton (countable and uncountable, plural Houghtons)
- A common placename:
- A village in Houghton and Wyton parish, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL281724).
- A village in Stanwix Rural parish, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY407593).
- A hamlet in Sancton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE886392).
- A village and civil parish in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU341143).
- A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF789288).
- A hamlet in Heddon-on-the-Wall parish, southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1266). [1]
- A village and civil parish in Arun district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ017411).
- A village in Burton community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9807).
- A town near Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- A city, the county seat of Houghton County, Michigan, United States, on the Upper Peninsula.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
- Hanging Houghton
- Houghton and Wyton
- Houghton Conquest
- Houghton County
- Houghton-le-Spring
- Houghton Regis
- Houghton Saint Giles
- Little Houghton
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Houghton is the 3228th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11184 individuals. Houghton is most common among White (92.52%) individuals.
References
- OS: Northumberland
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Houghton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 206.