How common is the surname Dutton?

17,057 people in the United States had the surname Dutton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,101 Americans. It ranked 2,123rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Dutton?

Charles S. Dutton, American actor, director and producer, followed by Peter Dutton.

Where is the surname Dutton most common?

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

Is the surname Dutton getting more or less common?

More common. 16,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,057 in 2010, up 1.7%.

The surname Dutton

An English place surname, carried by 17,057 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex D350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Dutton is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

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”).

Dutton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 17,057 people named Dutton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,101 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,774.

#2,123

rank among US surnames

17,057

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.7%

change since 2000 (was #1,976)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,114	Atwood	17,112	18,043
#2,115	Brunson	17,099	18,056
#2,116	Coon	17,097	18,058
#2,117	Mott	17,092	18,064
#2,119	Dinh	17,081	18,075
#2,120	Hirsch	17,072	18,085
#2,121	Keating	17,060	18,098

Who is named Dutton

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

91% of people named Dutton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.8%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Duttons

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles S. Dutton
American actor, director and producer, born 1951
Peter Dutton
Australian former politician (born 1970)
James Dutton
American astronaut, born 1968
Clarence Dutton
American geologist (1841–1912)
Phillip Dutton
Australian equestrian, born 1963
Brett Dutton
Australian cyclist, born 1966
Simon Dutton
British actor, born 1958
Edward Dutton
British author, born 1980

Notable Duttons come mostly from the United States (3), Australia (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Dutton

Ditton

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

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Dutton come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Dutton?: 17,057 people in the United States had the surname Dutton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,101 Americans. It ranked 2,123rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Dutton?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Dutton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Dutton?: Charles S. Dutton, American actor, director and producer, followed by Peter Dutton.
Where is the surname Dutton most common?: Wikidata records people named Dutton in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Dutton?: Dutton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Dutton getting more or less common?: More common. 16,774 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,057 in 2010, up 1.7%.