Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
NORTON
There are approximately 21,006 people named Norton in the UK. That makes it the 478th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 332 are named Norton.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Location or Geographical Feature
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The Norton surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Local) From Norton, a town in Yorkshire, England. The north-town.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
NORTON. The Gazetteer mentions between forty and fifty parishes, townships, &c., so called, and there are hundreds of farms and minor localities. The word means simply — the northern homestead or enclosure, and corresponds to Sutton, Easton, and Weston. The original name of Lord Grantley's family was Coigniers, until temp. Edw. II., when PiOger C. married the heiress of Norton, of Norton, co. York, and their son took the maternal name.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.