# Britten (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/britten/  
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) | 2,799 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,288 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 110,306 people |
| Change since 2000 | +12% (2,495 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Britten 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) | 72% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Britten in the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and South Africa.

## People named Britten

- James Britten, British botanist (1846–1924)
- Tony Britten, British composer
- Lillian Louisa Britten, botanist (1886-1952)
- Kathleen Booth, British computer scientist (1922–2022)

## Similar surnames

Britton, Bratton, Brittain, Braaten, Bratten, Brighton, Brittingham, Burton, Barton, Borden, Braden, Bearden.

## 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.