# Heaton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/heaton/  
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) | 13,834 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,606 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,318 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (13,700 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English hēah (“high”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Heaton 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Heaton in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Heaton

- Patricia Heaton, American actress (born 1958)
- Charlie Heaton, British actor
- Jennison Heaton, American Skeleton racer (1904–1971)
- John Heaton, American Skeleton racer (1908-1976)
- Mary Heaton Vorse, American journalist (1874–1966)

## Similar surnames

Hatton, Haughton, Headen, Hayton, Hayden, Hutton, Hadden, Hatten, Hooten, Hedden, Haden, Heiden.

## 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.