How common is the surname Edgerton?

4,740 people in the United States had the surname Edgerton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,136 Americans. It ranked 7,060th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Edgerton?

Joel Edgerton, Australian actor, followed by Harold Edgerton.

Where is the surname Edgerton most common?

Wikidata records people named Edgerton in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Edgerton getting more or less common?

More common. 4,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,740 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Edgerton

A surname, carried by 4,740 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Edgerton is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

From edger + -ton.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,740 people named Edgerton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,136 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,677.

#7,060

rank among US surnames

4,740

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,660)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,054	Barley	4,744	65,081
#7,057	Propst	4,743	65,095
#7,059	Maze	4,742	65,109
#7,060	Edgerton	4,740	65,136
#7,061	Wittman	4,739	65,150

Who is named Edgerton

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

74% of people named Edgerton identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Edgertons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joel Edgerton
Australian actor, born 1974
Harold Edgerton
American engineer and inventor (1903–1990)
Winifred Edgerton Merrill
American mathematician (1862–1951)
Nash Edgerton
Australian film director, born 1973
David Edgerton
American businessman (1927-2018)

Notable Edgertons come mostly from the United States (3) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Edgerton

Edgerton has the Soundex code E326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E326.

Questions

Where does the surname Edgerton come from?: From edger + -ton.
How common is the surname Edgerton?: 4,740 people in the United States had the surname Edgerton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,136 Americans. It ranked 7,060th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Edgerton?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Edgerton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Edgerton?: Joel Edgerton, Australian actor, followed by Harold Edgerton.
Where is the surname Edgerton most common?: Wikidata records people named Edgerton in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Edgerton getting more or less common?: More common. 4,677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,740 in 2010, up 1.3%.