# Broxton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/broxton/  
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) | 1,617 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,441 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 190,937 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,419 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English burgæsn (“burial place”); the suffix -ton is not historical and it's the product of a the development of the original ending -son.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Broxton 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) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 47% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Broxton in the United States.

## People named Broxton

- Jonathan Broxton, baseball player from the United States

## Similar surnames

Braxton, Broughton, Brogdon, Brocato, Brost, Brighton, Burston, Brostrom, Bright, Brewster, Burkett, Brackett.

## 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.