# Eaton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/eaton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English 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) | 47,184 |
| US rank (2010) | 740 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,543 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.7% (46,403 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈiːtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Aton |

## Etymology

From Old English ea (“river”) + tun (“homestead”). As a surname, it is given to someone living near a river or on an island, or any of the various places in England called "Eaton". See also Eton, which is a doublet.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eaton 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Eaton in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Eaton

- Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
- Mark Eaton, American basketball player (1957–2021)
- Courtney Eaton, Australian actress and model (born 1996)
- Shirley Eaton, British actress
- Mary Eaton, American actress (1901–1948)
- Amos Eaton, American botanist (1776-1842)
- John Eaton, American politician and diplomat (1790-1856)
- Brando Eaton, American actor
- Meredith Eaton, American actress
- Cyrus Stephen Eaton Sr., American businessman (1883–1979)
- Jagger Eaton, American skateboarder
- Suzanne Eaton, American molecular biologist

and 14 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Etienne, Eden, Edney, Eiden, Edwin.

## 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.