Bretton

== English == === Etymology === From Old English Brett (“Briton”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Bretton (countable and uncountable, plural Brettons) (uncountable) A placename: A suburb and civil parish in the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TF1600). A hamlet in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2077). A village in Broughton and Bretton community, Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3563). (countable) A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Bretton is the 74141st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 261 individuals. Bretton is most common among White (90.04%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bretton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 224. === Anagrams === Robnett