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    The surname Eaton

    An English place surname, carried by 47,184 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈiːtən/ 2 syllables Soundex E350

    Eaton: #740 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Eaton #740, 47,184 people Eaton: #740 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Eaton #740, 47,184 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eaton is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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.

    Eaton 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 47,184 people named Eaton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,543 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 46,403.

    #740
    rank among US surnames
    47,184
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #676)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #731McClure47,7426,467
    #732Beasley47,6936,474
    #733Stephenson47,6416,481
    #734Snow47,5286,496
    #735Huerta47,4556,506
    #736Preston47,3676,518
    #737Vance47,3246,524

    Who is named Eaton

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

    85% of people named Eaton identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Eatons

    26 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ashton Eaton
      American decathlete, born 1988
    • Mark Eaton
      American basketball player (1957–2021)
    • Courtney Eaton
      Australian actress and model (born 1996)
    • Shirley Eaton
      British actress, born 1937
    • Mary Eaton
      American actress (1901–1948)
    • Amos Eaton
      American botanist (1776-1842)
    • John Eaton
      American politician and diplomat (1790-1856)
    • Brando Eaton
      American actor, born 1986
    • Meredith Eaton
      American actress, born 1974
    • Cyrus Stephen Eaton Sr.
      American businessman (1883–1979)
    • Jagger Eaton
      American skateboarder, born 2000
    • Suzanne Eaton
      American molecular biologist, 1959–2019

    Notable Eatons come mostly from the United States (23), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Aton

    Eaton has the Soundex code E350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E350.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Eaton come from?
    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.
    How common is the surname Eaton?
    47,184 people in the United States had the surname Eaton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,543 Americans. It ranked 740th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Eaton?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Eaton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Eaton?
    Ashton Eaton, American decathlete, followed by Mark Eaton.
    Where is the surname Eaton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Eaton in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Eaton?
    Eaton is /ˈiːtən/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Eaton?
    Eaton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Eaton getting more or less common?
    More common. 46,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 47,184 in 2010, up 1.7%.
    What are other spellings of Eaton?
    Aton.
    Is Eaton also a first name?
    Yes. Eaton 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.