Fenton

• (surname): Finton

From Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Fenton (countable and uncountable, plural Fentons)

1. A place in England:
   1. A hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3279).
   2. A village in Hayton parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY501560).
   3. A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK880509). ^[1]
   4. A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK844767). ^[2]
   5. A hamlet in Doddington parish, Northumberland, divided into East and West Fenton (OS grid ref NT9733). ^[3]
   6. A hamlet in Sturton le Steeple parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK792248).
   7. A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ897446).
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A township in Whiteside County, Illinois.
   2. A city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
   3. An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky.
   4. A village in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
   5. A city and township in Genesee County, Michigan.
   6. A township in Murray County, Minnesota.
   7. A small city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
   8. A town in Broome County, New York.
3. A community south-east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fenton is the 2274^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 16017 individuals. Fenton is most common among White (88.23%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Fenton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 564.

From Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Fenton

1. (hapax legomenon) a habitutional surname

• English: Fenton, Finton
• Yola: Vinteen

• “Fenton”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.