# Halton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/halton/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,510 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,347 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 204,467 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.8% (1,441 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɔl.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* (Halton, Ontario, Canada): Named after William Mathew Halton, a British colonial bureaucrat in Upper Canada.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Halton 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) | 54% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Halton in the United States.

## People named Halton

- Charles Halton, actor (1876-1959)

## Similar surnames

Hilton, Helton, Holton, Hylton, Haldane, Haltom, Holden, Haldeman, Holtman, Holding, Hultman, Holdman.

## 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.