# Brayton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/brayton/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,382 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,904 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 129,616 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.6% (2,420 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Brayton 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Brayton in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Brayton

- George Brayton, American mechanical engineer (1830–1892)
- Scott Brayton, American open-wheel racing driver
- Lily Brayton, British actor and singer (1876–1953)

## Similar surnames

Burton, Barton, Britton, Braden, Bratton, Bruton, Breton, Borton, Brewton, Braaten, Bratten, Brighton.

## 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.