Frampton
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the name of the River Frome + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun[edit]
Frampton (countable and uncountable, plural Framptons)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY6295). [1]
- A village and civil parish in Boston borough, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3239). [2]
- A hamlet in Llantwit Major community, Vale of Glamorgan county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS9769).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms[edit]
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Frampton is the 9978th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3233 individuals. Frampton is most common among White (92.36%) individuals.
References[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frampton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 596.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Dorset, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Dorset, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- en:Villages in Wales
- en:Places in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
- en:Places in Wales
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English