Newton (surname)

The surname Newton is a toponymic surname, derived from the common place name "New-town".[1] "As nearly every county has its ... Newton," there are many independent families that share this surname.[1]

The most well-known bearer of the name was Isaac Newton, and he is usually the one meant when a reference is made to "Newton" without qualification. The surname may also refer to:

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  • Virgil Miller Newton (born 1938), Antiochian Orthodox priest and former head of controversial teen drug-rehabilitation facilities

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  1. ^ a b Lower, Mark Antony (1849). "Chapter V. Local Surnames". English Surnames. Vol. 1 (3rd ed.). London: John Russell Smith. pp. 58–59 – via Google Books.