Deighton Family History
Deighton Name Meaning
English (chiefly Yorkshire): habitational name from any of several
places in Yorkshire named Deighton, from Old English dic
‘ditch’, ‘dike’ + tun ‘settlement’, ‘enclosure’. See also
Ditton.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Deighton
Name Distribution of Deighton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Deighton families
 377 - 752  126 - 376 |
 1 - 125  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Deighton families
|
10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Deighton census records
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Deighton Family Origin
Deighton Emigration Information (US)
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Deighton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Deighton census records
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Military Service by Deighton
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