Urmston

English

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Wyrm + -s- + tūn (enclosure; settlement, town).[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Urmston (countable and uncountable, plural Urmstons)

  1. A town in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ7594).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Urmston is the 106570th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 167 individuals. Urmston is most common among White (97.01%) individuals.

References

  1. ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.

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