Last Name DUTTON

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Meaning	Local: A township in the parish of Ribchester, county Lancashire. A family of Duttons arose here very early and have spread over the whole of Lancashire and the West Riding Yorks. Local: A village in Cheshire, England, and may have several derivations. 'Dut-ton,' i.e., Dutch-town. 'Duton,' from 'Du,' Cornish British, side, and 'ton,' the same as 'dun,' a hill, that is, the side of the hill; or 'Du-ton,' the two hills, from 'Du,' two, and 'ton,' a hill. 'Dhu-ton,' Gaelic and Welsh, the black hill.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish

Rank	1,976 (2000 US census)	1,879 (1990 US census)

Count	16,774 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

91.95%, or 15424 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.98%, or 668 total occurrences, as black,
0.47%, or 79 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.72%, or 121 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.38%, or 231 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.5%, or 252 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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