Moultonとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• (surname): Muleton, Multon

語源

From the 古期英語 personal name *Mūla + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

固有名詞

Moulton (countable and uncountable)

1. A placename:
   1. A village and civil parish of Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ656696).
   2. A village in The Moultons parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF306240).
   3. A village and civil parish of Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ236038).
   4. A village and civil parish of Daventry district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP784663).
   5. A village and civil parish of Forest Heath district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL699643).
   6. A hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan borough county borough, South Glamorgan, Wales (OS grid ref ST072457).
   7. A city, the county seat of Lawrence County, Alabama, United States.
   8. A small city in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States.
   9. A town in Lavaca County, Texas, United States.
2. A habitational surname from Old English.
   • 2021 August 24, Devan Cole, Ryan Nobles, Zachary Cohen and Oren Liebermann, “Two congressmen traveled to Afghanistan amid frantic evacuation efforts”, in CNN‎:

     “As members of Congress, we have a duty to provide oversight on the executive branch,” said Moulton and Meijer, both military veterans who had served in the Middle East.

統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moulton is the 2963 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 12104 individuals. Moulton is most common among White (88.74%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moulton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 627.