How common is the surname Alton?

4,565 people in the United States had the surname Alton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,633 Americans. It ranked 7,305th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Alton?

In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Alton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Alton?

John Alton, American cinematographer of Austrian-Hungarian origin (1901-1996).

Where is the surname Alton most common?

Wikidata records people named Alton in the United States.

How do you pronounce Alton?

Alton is /ˈɔːltən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Alton getting more or less common?

More common. 4,204 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,565 in 2010, up 8.6%.

Is Alton also a first name?

Yes. Alton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Alton

An English place surname, carried by 4,565 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɔːltən/ 2 syllables Soundex A435 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Alton is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).

Alton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,565 people named Alton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,633 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,204.

#7,305

rank among US surnames

4,565

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+8.6%

change since 2000 (was #7,307)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,298	Halliday	4,568	67,589
#7,301	Grass	4,567	67,604
#7,303	Bobadilla	4,566	67,618
#7,305	Hardeman	4,565	67,633
#7,308	Levan	4,564	67,648
#7,311	Casale	4,563	67,663
#7,314	Struble	4,562	67,678

Who is named Alton

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

84% of people named Alton identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Altons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Alton
American cinematographer of Austrian-Hungarian origin (1901-1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Alton

Alton has the Soundex code A435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code A435.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Alton come from?: From Old English ǣwell (“river source”) + tūn (“settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Alton?: 4,565 people in the United States had the surname Alton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,633 Americans. It ranked 7,305th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Alton?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Alton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Alton?: John Alton, American cinematographer of Austrian-Hungarian origin (1901-1996).
Where is the surname Alton most common?: Wikidata records people named Alton in the United States.
How do you pronounce Alton?: Alton is /ˈɔːltən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Alton?: Alton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Alton getting more or less common?: More common. 4,204 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,565 in 2010, up 8.6%.
Is Alton also a first name?: Yes. Alton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.