Släkthistoria för Beckton
Beckton Vad efternamn betyder
English (northern) and Scottish: habitational name from Beckton near Lockerbie in Dumfriesshire. The placename is from Old Norse bekkr ‘beck stream’ + tūn ‘farm village’. The surname is not from Beckton in East Ham (Essex) which is named for the 19th-century gas and coal magnate S. A. Beck. Compare Becton.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
