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    The surname Calton

    A surname, carried by 2,456 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C435

    Calton: #12,602 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Calton #12,602, 2,456 people Calton: #12,602 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Calton #12,602, 2,456 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Calton is more common than 92.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,456 people named Calton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 125,711 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,152.

    #12,602
    rank among US surnames
    2,456
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,052)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,593Roesler2,458125,608
    #12,597Rasch2,457125,660
    #12,602Lichtenstein2,456125,711
    #12,607Lanford2,455125,762

    Who is named Calton

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    80% of people named Calton identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Calton

    Calton has the Soundex code C435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C435.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Calton?
    2,456 people in the United States had the surname Calton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 125,711 Americans. It ranked 12,602nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Calton?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Calton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Calton getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,152 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,456 in 2010, up 14%.