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The buxton Surname

buxton Name Meaning and History

  1. habitational name from Buxton in Derbyshire, which in Middle English was called Buchestanes, Bucstones (i.e. ‘bowing stones’, from Middle English b(o)ugen, Old English bugan ‘to bow’ + stanes ‘stones’). It is probably named for logan stones in the vicinity. (Logan stones are boulders so poised that they rock at a touch.)
  2. less commonly, a habitational name from Buxton in Norfolk, which is named with the genitive case of the Old English personal name Bucc (see Buck 1) + Old English tun ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’.

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

Distribution of buxton Families in the US in 1920
Number of buxton families
 54-106
 19-53		 1-18
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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