Cayton
English
Etymology
From the Old English personal name Cǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Cayton (countable and uncountable, plural Caytons)
- A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0583).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cayton is the 12785th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2413 individuals. Cayton is most common among White (83.01%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cayton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 307.
Anagrams
- Conaty