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Houghton

in Rhode Island

There are 41 people with the last name "Houghton" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

NameRank
Houghton 3,455
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  1. is 3,451st most common Harrigan
  2. is 3,452nd most common Hendricks
  3. is 3,453rd most common Hirst
  4. is 3,454th most common Hough
  5. is 3,455th most common Houghton
  6. is 3,456th most common Irwin
  7. is 3,457th most common Jorgensen
  8. is 3,458th most common Kinsella
  9. is 3,459th most common Lalli

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Houghton

Alan, Robert, Dorothy, Patricia, Alma, Andrew, Bryan, David, Dawn, Deborah

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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