Wrighton
English
Etymology
Perhaps a habitational surname from Old English hryċġ (“ridge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), or from the village of Reighton, in North Yorkshire.
Proper noun
Wrighton (plural Wrightons)
- A surname, from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Wrighton is the 80419th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 236 individuals. Wrighton is most common among Black/African American (56.78%) and White (35.59%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wrighton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN