# Holton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/holton/  
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) | 11,731 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,058 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 26,319 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.6% (11,436 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Houlton |

## Etymology

The first element has a wide variety of possible origins, among which Old English hōh (“promontory, hill-spur”), healh (“corner, nook”), holh (“hollow, depression”) or holt (“small wood”). The second element is tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Holton 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) | 79% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Holton in the United States.

## People named Holton

- Mark Holton, American actor
- Gerald Holton, American physicist
- A. Linwood Holton, Jr., American politician (1923–2021)
- Proof, American rapper (1973–2006)

## Similar surnames

Holden, Hilton, Helton, Hylton, Halton, Holtman, Holding, Holdman, Haldeman, Haltom, Hultman, Haldane.

## 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.