Knighton Family History
Knighton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places named
with Old English cnihta, genitive plural of cniht
‘servant’, ‘retainer’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Knighton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Knighton families
 116 - 229  39 - 115 |
 1 - 38  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Knighton families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Knighton Family Origin
Knighton Emigration Information (US)
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Knighton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Knighton
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