How common is the surname Haydon?

2,076 people in the United States had the surname Haydon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,721 Americans. It ranked 14,398th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Haydon?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Haydon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Haydon?

Elizabeth Haydon, American writer, followed by Vanessa Trump.

Where is the surname Haydon most common?

Wikidata records people named Haydon in the United States.

Is the surname Haydon getting more or less common?

About as common. 2,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,076 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Haydon

An English place surname, carried by 2,076 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex H350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Haydon is more common than 91.1% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Haydon is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 2,076 people named Haydon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 148,721 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,075.

#14,398

rank among US surnames

2,076

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #13,459)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,392	Pelt	2,077	148,650
#14,398	Hucks	2,076	148,721
#14,405	Jared	2,075	148,793

Who is named Haydon

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

92% of people named Haydon identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Haydons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Haydon
American writer, born 1965
Vanessa Trump
American socialite and model, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr. (born 1977)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Haydon

Haydon has the Soundex code H350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H350.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Haydon come from?: From either Old English hīeġ (“hay”) or ġehæġ (“enclosure”) + denu (“valley”).
How common is the surname Haydon?: 2,076 people in the United States had the surname Haydon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 148,721 Americans. It ranked 14,398th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Haydon?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Haydon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Haydon?: Elizabeth Haydon, American writer, followed by Vanessa Trump.
Where is the surname Haydon most common?: Wikidata records people named Haydon in the United States.
What type of surname is Haydon?: Haydon is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Haydon getting more or less common?: About as common. 2,075 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,076 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.