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The newton Surname

newton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of the many places so named, from Old English neowe ‘new’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English place name. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of newton Families in the US in 1920

Number of newton families

457-911

153-456

1-152

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Thread	Author	Replies
NEWTON Emil 1886-1970	t42MountOlivet	0
Lelia M. Newton, Detroit, MI	jennifer_dust	1
Capt. Benjamin Newton, Cleveland County, NC	Sherryvieth52	12
NEWTON/RAGLAND CONNECTION	THOMAS RAGLAND	1
Richard Blake Newton descendants	Elizabeth Newton Jennings	6
NEWTON Sophie BOTIK 1906-1986	t42MountOlivet	0
Eber Myers Newton	carol denson	4
Creek Indians/Cherokee Descendants Wanted	bonnkins	2
NEWTON of Cheshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire: 1776-present	kit_withers	0
Stillwell and Ezra Newton, NY???	harrycat	22

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