Smeaton Family History
Smeaton Name Meaning
Scottish and English: habitational name from various places including Smeaton (Midlothian) Kirk Smeaton and Little Smeaton (Yorkshire) Great and Little Smeaton (North Yorkshire) and Smeeton Westerby (Leicestershire) all of which are named with Old English smitha-tun ‘settlement of the smiths’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022