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    The surname Dayton

    A surname, carried by 8,494 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈdeɪtən/ 2 syllables Soundex D350

    Dayton: #4,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Dayton #4,173, 8,494 people Dayton: #4,173 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Dayton #4,173, 8,494 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dayton is more common than 97.4% of them.

    Origin

    A variant spelling of Deighton. * Most of the placenames are derived from the surname; or another place named Dayton, that in turn is derived from the surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 8,494 people named Dayton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,349 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,237.

    #4,173
    rank among US surnames
    8,494
    people in 2010
    2.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,957)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,164Schulze8,50936,285
    #4,165Shumaker8,50836,289
    #4,167Bontrager8,50736,293
    #4,168Hargis8,50336,310
    #4,169Siddiqui8,50236,314
    #4,171Paine8,50136,319
    #4,172Barboza8,49736,336

    Who is named Dayton

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

    92% of people named Dayton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Daytons

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mark Dayton
      40th Governor of Minnesota; former United States Senator from Minnesota, born 1947
    • Jonathan Dayton
      American politician from New Jersey (1760–1824)
    • Danny Dayton
      American actor, television director (1923-1999)
    • William L. Dayton
      American politician (1807–1864)
    • Helena Smith Dayton
      American film maker, painter and sculptor, 1879–1960
    • June Dayton
      American actress (1923-1994)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Dayton

    Dayton has the Soundex code D350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code D350.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Dayton come from?
    A variant spelling of Deighton. * Most of the placenames are derived from the surname; or another place named Dayton, that in turn is derived from the surname.
    How common is the surname Dayton?
    8,494 people in the United States had the surname Dayton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,349 Americans. It ranked 4,173rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Dayton?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Dayton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Dayton?
    Mark Dayton, 40th Governor of Minnesota; former United States Senator from Minnesota, followed by Jonathan Dayton.
    Where is the surname Dayton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Dayton in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Dayton?
    Dayton is /ˈdeɪtən/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Dayton getting more or less common?
    More common. 8,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,494 in 2010, up 3.1%.