# Tarleton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #68,687

## Definitions
1. A large village and civil parish in West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4520).
2. A locality in Latrobe council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
3. A habitational surname.

## Etymology
From the Old Norse personal name Þóraldr + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tarleton