as a Last Name
- 5,254
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Appleton
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England, for example in Cheshire, Oxfordshire, and North Yorkshire, named in Old English as æppeltūn ‘orchard’ (literally ‘apple enclosure’).
| 5,697th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 5,254
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Hampshire
- has the most people named Appleton per capita
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