Moulton
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Muleton, Multon
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Mūla + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Moulton (countable and uncountable, plural Moultons)
- A placename:
- A village and civil parish of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ656696).
- A village in The Moultons parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF306240).
- A village and civil parish of Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ236038).
- A village and civil parish of Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP784663).
- A village and civil parish of Forest Heath district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL699643).
- A hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan county borough, South Glamorgan, Wales (OS grid ref ST072457).
- A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Alabama, United States.
- A small city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States.
- A town in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Moulton is the 2963rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12104 individuals. Moulton is most common among White (88.74%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moulton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 627.