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Houghton

in Massachusetts

There are 593 people with the last name "Houghton" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

NameRank
Houghton 1,261
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  1. is 1,257th most common Sinclair
  2. is 1,258th most common Merritt
  3. is 1,259th most common Clement
  4. is 1,260th most common Decosta
  5. is 1,261st most common Houghton
  6. is 1,262nd most common Lavigne
  7. is 1,263rd most common Farias
  8. is 1,264th most common Mcsweeney
  9. is 1,265th most common Truong

Similar Names and Nicknames

Hough, Houghtaling, Hougland, Houge, Houg, Hougen, Hougham, Houghland, Houglum, Houghtby

Most Common First Names for Houghton

James, John, Richard, David, Charles, Nancy, Robert, Carol, Linda, Mary

Meaning & History

English: habitational name from any of the various places so called. The majority, with examples in at least fourteen counties, get the name from Old English hōh ‘ridge’, ‘spur’ (literally ‘heel’) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Haughton in Nottinghamshire also has this origin, and may have contributed to the surname. A smaller group of Houghtons, with examples in Lancashire and South Yorkshire, have as their first element Old English halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’. In the case of isolated examples in Devon and East Yorkshire, the first elements appear to be unattested Old English personal names or bynames, of which the forms approximate to Huhha and Hofa respectively, but the meanings are unknown.

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