How common is the surname Chilton?

6,263 people in the United States had the surname Chilton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,297 Americans. It ranked 5,551st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chilton?

Alex Chilton, American musician (1950–2010), followed by Mary-Dell Chilton.

Where is the surname Chilton most common?

Wikidata records people named Chilton in the United States.

Is the surname Chilton getting more or less common?

More common. 6,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,263 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Chilton

An English surname, carried by 6,263 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C435

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chilton is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,263 people named Chilton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,297 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,096.

#5,551

rank among US surnames

6,263

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #5,257)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,545	Doucet	6,267	49,265
#5,547	Barham	6,266	49,273
#5,549	Almazan	6,265	49,281
#5,551	Chilton	6,263	49,297
#5,553	Schatz	6,261	49,312

Who is named Chilton

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

86% of people named Chilton identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 86%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chiltons

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alex Chilton
American musician (1950–2010)
Mary-Dell Chilton
American biologist (1939–2026)
Horace Chilton
American politician (1853-1932)
William E. Chilton
American politician (1856-1939)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Chilton

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

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Chilton come from?: From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the…
How common is the surname Chilton?: 6,263 people in the United States had the surname Chilton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,297 Americans. It ranked 5,551st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chilton?: In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Chilton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chilton?: Alex Chilton, American musician (1950–2010), followed by Mary-Dell Chilton.
Where is the surname Chilton most common?: Wikidata records people named Chilton in the United States.
Is the surname Chilton getting more or less common?: More common. 6,096 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,263 in 2010, up 2.7%.