Picton

From either the Old English personal name *Pīca or pīc (“point, peak, pinnacle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Picton (countable and uncountable, plural Pictons)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A hamlet and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref NZ4107). ^[1]
   2. A hamlet in Mickle Trafford parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4371).
   3. A former civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, now part of Mickle Trafford parish.
   4. A former ward in Liverpool, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, abolished in 2023.
   5. A small town in Wollondilly Shire, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Picton.
   6. A suburb of the City of Bunbury, Western Australia.
   7. A town and ferry port in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand. ^[2]
   8. An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Picton is the 54296^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 380 individuals. Picton is most common among White (88.95%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Picton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• Pontic, pontic