Hammerton

== English == === Etymology === Recorded as Hambretone in the Domesday Book, 1086. Perhaps from Old English hamor (“hammer-sedge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). === Proper noun === Hammerton (countable and uncountable, plural Hammertons) The villages of Green Hammerton and Kirk Hammerton in North Yorkshire, England. A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Hammerton is the 104602nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 171 individuals. Hammerton is most common among White (90.06%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hammerton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 122.