Layton Family History
Layton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so called,
for example in Lancashire (near Blackpool) and in North Yorkshire. The
former was named in Old English as ‘settlement by the watercourse’,
from Old English lad ‘watercourse’ + tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; the latter as ‘leek enclosure’ or ‘herb
garden’, from leac ‘leek’ + tun. Compare
Leighton.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Layton
Name Distribution of Layton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Layton families
 254 - 506  85 - 253 |
 1 - 84  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Layton families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Layton census records
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Layton Family Origin
Layton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Layton Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Layton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Layton
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