Boughton

== English == === Etymology === From the Old English personal name Bucca, a byname from bucc (“buck, he-goat”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Boughton (countable and uncountable, plural Boughtons) (uncountable) A placename: A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002). A village and civil parish to the north of Northampton in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, formerly in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7565). A village in Ollerton and Boughton parish, Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6768). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== Boughton Malherbe Boughton under Blean Ollerton and Boughton ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Boughton is the 9978th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3233 individuals. Boughton is most common among White (87.5%) individuals. === References === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Boughton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 204.