# Axon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/axon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 471 |
| US rank (2010) | 45,412 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 655,511 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (419 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from the Middle English personal name Ackeson, equivalent to Acke (a pet form of Adam) + -son. The first element could also be from a variant of the female name Agatha, see also Agate.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Axon in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Similar surnames

Aquino, Acuna, Aiken, Agnew, Akin, Aucoin, Agan, Azam, Ahsan, Askin, Azcona, Aasen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.