# Barton (surname)

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

An unincorporated community in Deuel County, Nebraska, derived from the surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 68,233 |
| US rank (2010) | 488 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,525 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (66,622 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɑː(ɹ)tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“enclosure”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Barton 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Barton in the United States, Australia, Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Barton

- Edmund Barton, Australian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High 
- Mischa Barton, British-American actress and model
- Clara Barton, American Civil War nurse (1821–1912)
- Benjamin Smith Barton, American physician, professor, and botanist (1766-1815)
- Bruce Fairchild Barton, American author, politician and advertising executive (1886-1967)
- Will Barton, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Jaqueline Barton, American chemist
- Joe Barton, American politician; U.S. Representative for Texas
- Otis Barton, American deep-sea diver, inventor, and actor (1899-1992)
- Blanche Barton, American religious leader
- Peter Barton, American actor
- Malachi Barton, American actor and singer (born 2007)

and 13 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Burton, Britton, Bratton, Bruton, Barden, Breton, Borton, Brewton, Brayton, Bardin, Brighton, Bertone.

## 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.