Thistleton

== English == === Etymology === From Old English þistel (“thistle”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). === Proper noun === Thistleton (countable and uncountable, plural Thistletons) A village and civil parish in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK913180). A hamlet in Greenhalgh-with-Thistleton parish, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD405773). A habitational surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Thistleton is the 12712th most common surname in England, belonging to 437 individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thistleton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.