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    The surname Axon

    An English surname, carried by 471 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex A250

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Axon is more common than 72% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    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 471 people named Axon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 655,511 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 419.

    #45,412
    rank among US surnames
    471
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #47,575)

    Who is named Axon

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

    84% of people named Axon identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Axon come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Axon?
    471 people in the United States had the surname Axon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 655,511 Americans. It ranked 45,412th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Axon?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Axon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Axon getting more or less common?
    More common. 419 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 471 in 2010, up 12%.