# Dutton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/dutton/  
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) | 17,057 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,123 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,101 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (16,774 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Dutton 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Dutton in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Dutton

- Charles S. Dutton, American actor, director and producer
- Peter Dutton, Australian former politician (born 1970)
- James Dutton, American astronaut
- Clarence Dutton, American geologist (1841–1912)
- Phillip Dutton, Australian equestrian
- Brett Dutton, Australian cyclist
- Simon Dutton, British actor
- Edward Dutton, British author

## Similar surnames

Ditton, Deaton, Dayton, Dowden, Doten, Dudney, Dadiani.

## 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.