# Britton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/britton/  
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) | 29,040 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,217 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,632 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (28,001 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Britton 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) | 74% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Britton in the United States and Canada.

## People named Britton

- Connie Britton, American actress
- Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist (1858-1934)
- Nathaniel Lord Britton, American botanist and geologist (1859-1934)
- Cameron Britton, actor
- Barbara Britton, American film and television actress (1919-1980)
- Pamela Britton, American actress and singer (1923-1974)
- Mary E. Britton, African-American physician
- Zack Britton, American baseball player (born 1987)
- Jack Britton, American boxer (1885–1962)
- Sherry Britton, American burlesque performer (1918-2008)
- Zoe Britton, American pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Burton, Barton, Bratton, Brittain, Bruton, Breton, Borton, Brewton, Britten, Brayton, 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.