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Boulton


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Origin Of The Surname Boulton

Meaning Of The Surname Boulton

From the Town inside the Fence

Interesting Facts About Boulton

Boulton is a locational surname, coming from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself comes from the Old English ‘bodltun’ meaning ‘The Home inside the Fence’. The original buildings of this town would have been inside a fenced area.

Boulton Statistics

Boulton is the number 1136 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 9,146 share the surname Boulton in the UK.

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