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    The surname Easton

    An English place surname, carried by 10,276 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈiːstən/ 2 syllables Soundex E235 Also a first name

    Easton: #3,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Easton #3,477, 10,276 people Easton: #3,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Easton #3,477, 10,276 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Easton is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.

    Easton 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 10,276 people named Easton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,045 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,692.

    #3,477
    rank among US surnames
    10,276
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,375)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,468Marvin10,31029,946
    #3,469Quinlan10,30229,969
    #3,470Minter10,30129,972
    #3,471Cosby10,30029,975
    #3,472Barksdale10,29429,993
    #3,473Tisdale10,29329,996
    #3,474Meador10,29229,999

    Who is named Easton

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

    82% of people named Easton identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Eastons

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Easton
      American actor (1930–2011)
    • Elliot Easton
      American guitarist, born 1953
    • Roger L. Easton
      American scientist (1921–2014)
    • Michael Easton
      American actor, born 1967

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Easom

    Surnames that sound like Easton

    Easton has the Soundex code E235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E235.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Easton come from?
    From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.
    How common is the surname Easton?
    10,276 people in the United States had the surname Easton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,045 Americans. It ranked 3,477th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Easton?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Easton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Easton?
    Robert Easton, American actor (1930–2011), followed by Elliot Easton.
    Where is the surname Easton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Easton in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Easton?
    Easton is /ˈiːstən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Easton?
    Easton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Easton getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,692 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,276 in 2010, up 6.0%.
    What are other spellings of Easton?
    Easom.
    Is Easton also a first name?
    Yes. Easton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.