Last Name ANDERTON

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Meaning Local: Of Anderton, a township in the parish of Standish, county Lancashire. There seemed to be a second Anderton. Samuel Oldknow, or Mellor, was born at Anderton near Bolton, in Lancashire, October 5, 1756, ... and established a large muslin manufactory at Stockport in 1784. Probably, howevr, teh same place is meant. Another possibility is a township in the parish of Great Budworth, coounty Chester.
Origin English, Irish, South african

Rank 10,200 (2000 US census) 5,840 (1990 US census)
Count 2,901 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 92.18%, or 2674 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.96%, or 115 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.31%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.45%, or 13 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.03%, or 59 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.07%, or 31 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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