Holton Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the numerous places so called. The final syllable represents Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The first element has a wide variety of possible origins. In the case of three examples in Lincolnshire it is Old English hoh ‘spur of a hill’; for places in Oxfordshire and Somerset it is Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’; for one in Dorset it may be Old English holh ‘hollow’, ‘depression’ or holt ‘small wood’; for a further pair in Suffolk it may be hola, genitive plural of holh ‘hollow’, but more probably a personal name Hola.

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List of People with Surname Holton

As far as we found, there are a total of 4,763 people with the surname Holton. Among these people surnamed Holton, there are around 756 different names, with an average of 6 people sharing the same name. Robert Holton, Michael Holton and Linda Holton are the top three most common names from the list of people surnamed Holton, with 74, 45 and 41 people respectively.

Furthermore, Our research has shown that Florida has the greatest number of people surnamed Holton, with a total of 718 people, and there are a total of 384 different names among these people. Georgia is the second-most populous state for people with the surname Holton, with a total of 490 people and an average of 306 different names.

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