Last Name APPLETON

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Meaning	Local: Of Appleton. Parishes in dioceses of Norwich, Oxford, York, and Ripon. The meaning is obvious: 'appel' or 'appil,' apple, and 'ton,' a town, an enclosure. Many places naturaly acquire sucha title. Local: The town abounding in apples.

Origin	English, Irish, Falkland

Rank	5,894 (2000 US census)	4,704 (1990 US census)

Count	5,377 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.09%, or 4468 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
12.59%, or 677 total occurrences, as black,
0.35%, or 19 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.04%, or 56 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.41%, or 76 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.51%, or 81 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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