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    The surname Henton

    A surname, carried by 2,318 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H535

    Henton: #13,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Henton #13,186, 2,318 people Henton: #13,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Henton #13,186, 2,318 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Henton is more common than 91.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,318 people named Henton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,195 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,271.

    #13,186
    rank among US surnames
    2,318
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,511)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,177Kennison2,320133,080
    #13,184Landman2,319133,137
    #13,186Moraga2,318133,195
    #13,190Pimental2,317133,252
    #13,195Rizzuto2,316133,310

    Who is named Henton

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

    47% of people named Henton identified as white (not Hispanic), 47% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hentons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • LaDontae Henton
      American basketball player (born 1992)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Henton

    Henton has the Soundex code H535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H535.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Henton?
    2,318 people in the United States had the surname Henton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,195 Americans. It ranked 13,186th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Henton?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Henton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 47% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Henton?
    LaDontae Henton, American basketball player (born 1992).
    Where is the surname Henton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Henton in the United States.
    Is the surname Henton getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,271 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,318 in 2010, up 2.1%.