# Denton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/denton/  
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) | 27,742 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,268 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,129 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (27,112 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛn.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English denu (“valley, den”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Denton 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) | 86% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Denton in the United States and Australia.

## People named Denton

- James Denton, American actor
- Jeremiah Denton, American Vietnam War POW and politician (1924-2014)
- Steve Denton, American tennis player
- Bill Denton, American artistic gymnast (1911–1946)
- Peter Denton, Australian pole vaulter (1926–2000)
- Crahan Denton, American actor (1914-1966)
- Bradley Denton, American science fiction author
- Will Denton, American actor
- Michael Denton, British-Australian author and biochemist

## Similar surnames

Dunton, Dantonio, Donathan, Dundon.

## 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.