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    The surname Exton

    An English surname, carried by 377 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex E235

    Exton: #54,637 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Exton #54,637, 377 people Exton: #54,637 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Exton #54,637, 377 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Exton is more common than 66.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    # 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'.

    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 377 people named Exton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 818,954 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 439.

    #54,637
    rank among US surnames
    377
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #45,829)

    Who is named Exton

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

    79% of people named Exton identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 14%
    • Two or more races 5.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Exton

    Exton has the Soundex code E235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E235.

    Other English surnames

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    Questions

    Where does the surname Exton come from?
    # 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…
    How common is the surname Exton?
    377 people in the United States had the surname Exton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 818,954 Americans. It ranked 54,637th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Exton?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Exton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Exton getting more or less common?
    Less common. 439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 377 in 2010, down 14%.