How common is the surname Hazelton?

4,656 people in the United States had the surname Hazelton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,311 Americans. It ranked 7,181st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Hazelton getting more or less common?

More common. 4,467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,656 in 2010, up 4.2%.

Is Hazelton also a first name?

Yes. Hazelton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Hazelton

An English place surname, carried by 4,656 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex H243

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hazelton is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

From multiple placenames in England: Hesleden, County Durham, Haselden, Sussex, Haslingden, Lancashire, Hazeldon, Wiltshire, and Hazleton, Gloucestershire. From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).

Hazelton 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 4,656 people named Hazelton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,311 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,467.

#7,181

rank among US surnames

4,656

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,927)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,177	Valero	4,660	66,254
#7,179	Schutt	4,658	66,283
#7,180	Sheriff	4,657	66,297
#7,181	Hazelton	4,656	66,311
#7,182	Boutwell	4,654	66,340

Who is named Hazelton

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

87% of people named Hazelton identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hazelton

Hazelton has the Soundex code H243, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H243.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Hazelton come from?: From multiple placenames in England: Hesleden, County Durham, Haselden, Sussex, Haslingden, Lancashire, Hazeldon, Wiltshire, and Hazleton, Gloucestershire. From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).
How common is the surname Hazelton?: 4,656 people in the United States had the surname Hazelton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,311 Americans. It ranked 7,181st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hazelton?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Hazelton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Hazelton?: Hazelton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Hazelton getting more or less common?: More common. 4,467 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,656 in 2010, up 4.2%.
Is Hazelton also a first name?: Yes. Hazelton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.