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The acton Surname

acton Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of several places, especially in Shropshire and adjacent counties, named Acton. Generally, these are from Old English ac ‘oak’ + tun ‘settlement’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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acton Family Facts

Distribution of acton Families in the US in 1920
Number of acton families
 50-97
 17-49		 1-16
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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