# Exton (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 377 |
| US rank (2010) | 54,637 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 818,954 people |
| Change since 2000 | -14.1% (439 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

# The villages in Devon and Somerset, England: from Old English Ex (“River Exe”) + tūn (“village”), 'the farm or village by the river Exe'. # The village in Hampshire, England: from Old English Ēastseaxe (“East Saxons”), genitive plural, Ēastseaxna + tūn (“estate”), 'the settlement or estate of the East Saxons'. # The village in Rutland, England: from Old English oxa (“ox”), genitive plural *exna + tūn, 'the ox farm'.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Exton 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 14% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 5.3% |

## Similar surnames

Easton, Eastman, Eckstein, Eastham, Eastin, Estime.

## 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.