# Bilton (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 624 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,945 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 494,785 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.0% (643 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From an unattested Old English personal name *Billa + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). In the case of the place in Warwickshire, the first element is probably Old English beolone (“henbane”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bilton 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Bolton, Belton, Boulton, Baldwin, Bolden, Belden, Bouldin, Bolding, Baltimore, Belding, Baldino, Baldonado.

## 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.