Wrighton

== English == === Etymology === Perhaps a habitational surname from Old English hryċġ (“ridge”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), or from the village of Reighton, in North Yorkshire. === Proper noun === Wrighton (plural Wrightons) A surname from Old English. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Wrighton is the 80419th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 236 individuals. Wrighton is most common among Black/African American (56.78%) and White (35.59%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wrighton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === ingrowth, throwing, right now, Worthing, worthing