# Haydon (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/haydon/  
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) | 2,076 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,398 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 148,721 people |
| Change since 2000 | 0.0% (2,075 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Haydon 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Haydon in the United States.

## People named Haydon

- Elizabeth Haydon, American writer
- Vanessa Trump, American socialite and model, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr. (born 1977)

## Similar surnames

Hayden, Hatton, Hadden, Haden, Hyden, Haddon, Hayton, Hutton, Heaton, Hatten, Hooten, Hedden.

## 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.