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    The surname Halton

    A surname, carried by 1,510 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈhɔl.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex H435

    Halton: #18,347 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Halton #18,347, 1,510 people Halton: #18,347 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Halton #18,347, 1,510 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Halton is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,510 people named Halton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,467 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,441.

    #18,347
    rank among US surnames
    1,510
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,899)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,347Rushin1,510204,467
    #18,354Lands1,509204,603

    Who is named Halton

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

    54% of people named Halton identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 38%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
    • Two or more races 2.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Haltons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles Halton
      Actor (1876-1959)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Halton

    Halton has the Soundex code H435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H435.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Halton come from?
    * (Halton, Ontario, Canada): Named after William Mathew Halton, a British colonial bureaucrat in Upper Canada.
    How common is the surname Halton?
    1,510 people in the United States had the surname Halton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,467 Americans. It ranked 18,347th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Halton?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Halton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Halton?
    Charles Halton, actor (1876-1959).
    Where is the surname Halton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Halton in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Halton?
    Halton is /ˈhɔl.tən/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Halton getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,441 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,510 in 2010, up 4.8%.