# Eggleton (surname)

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

A 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) | 1,009 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,718 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 305,992 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (972 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛɡəltən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Eagleton, Eggelton |

## Etymology

From the Old English personal name Eċġwulf, which is composed of the elements eċġ (“edge”) and wulf (“wolf”), + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Eggleton 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Eggleton in the United States.

## People named Eggleton

- Bob Eggleton, American artist

## Similar surnames

Eagleton.

## 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.