# Felton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/felton/  
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) | 16,044 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,266 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,244 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.0% (15,734 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English feld (“field”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Felton 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Felton in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Felton

- Tom Felton, British actor, singer and musician
- Rebecca Latimer Felton, American politician (1835-1930)
- Verna Felton, American actress (1890–1966)
- Raymond Felton, American basketball player (born 1984)
- Charles N. Felton, American politician (1832–1914)
- Mark Felton, British author, historian, and YouTuber
- Lavelle Felton, American basketball player (1979-2009)
- William Harrell Felton, American politician (1823–1909)
- Frank Fenton, American actor (1906–1957)

## Similar surnames

Fulton, Felten, Feldman, Feltner, Feltman, Fielding, Feldmann, Folden, Fielden, Flaten.

## 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.