Last name: KNIGHTON
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KNIGHTON : This last name is indexed 18,915 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
KNIGHTON : English (East Midlands): habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English cniht ‘knight young man retainer’ (genitive plural cnihta) + tūn ‘farmstead estate’ such as Knighton (Leicestershire Staffordshire) and Knighton on Teme (Worcestershire).
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