Last Name BRITTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Brittany. Also nickname the Breton. Immigrants from Brittany. A very large number occure in the Hundred Rolls of 1273. A native of Britain, the ancient name of England. Several derivations have been given to Britain, such as 'Brydon' or 'Prydyn,' Welsh, the fair tribe, or brave men. 'Bridaoine,' Gaelic, from 'Bri,' dignity, and 'daoire,' men. 'Pryddain,' the fair and beautiful isle. 'Brait' or 'Briand,' extensive, and 'in,' land. 'Brit-tane,' the land of tin.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Polish, Irish, Falkland, Belgian

Rank	1,147 (2000 US census)	1,183 (1990 US census)

Count	28,001 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

76.31%, or 21368 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
19.26%, or 5393 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 109 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.72%, or 202 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.55%, or 434 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.77%, or 496 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Longest baby names

The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte