Last Name FENTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Fenton, a township near Carlisle, county Cumberland; a chapelry in the parish of Beckingham, county Lincoln; a hamlet in the parish of Kettlethorpe, county Lincoln; a hamlet in the parish Wooler, county Northumberland. A well.

Origin	English, Welsh, English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Maori

Rank	2,193 (2000 US census)	1,960 (1990 US census)

Count	15,220 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.48%, or 13771 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.69%, or 866 total occurrences, as black,
0.51%, or 78 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.4%, or 61 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.2%, or 183 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.73%, or 263 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Ukrainian middle names

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Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...