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There are approximately 40,105 people named Sutton in the UK. That makes it the 215th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 635 are named Sutton.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Sutton surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

(origin: Local) A town in Devonshire, England--the south town.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SUTTON. In A-Sax. charters Sud-tihi — ' the southern homestead or enclosure' — a name consequently of very common application. Besides single farms and minor divisions, there are more than sixty Suttons among the parishes and other civil and ecclesiastical districts of England. Heraldiy also attests the commonness of the surname by more than fifty coats assigned to it. See Norton, Easton, and Weston.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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