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    The surname Holton

    An English place surname, carried by 11,731 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H435

    Holton: #3,058 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Holton #3,058, 11,731 people Holton: #3,058 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Holton #3,058, 11,731 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Holton is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    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”).

    Holton 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 11,731 people named Holton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,319 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,436.

    #3,058
    rank among US surnames
    11,731
    people in 2010
    4.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,881)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,049Paxton11,75426,267
    #3,050Martins11,75126,274
    #3,051Fortune11,74826,281
    #3,052Bair11,74026,299
    #3,053Dorman11,73926,301
    #3,055Rains11,73726,305
    #3,057Lamar11,73326,314

    Who is named Holton

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

    79% of people named Holton identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Holtons

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Mark Holton
      American actor, born 1958
    • Gerald Holton
      American physicist, born 1922
    • A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
      American politician (1923–2021)
    • Proof
      American rapper (1973–2006)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Houlton

    Surnames that sound like Holton

    Holton has the Soundex code H435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H435.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Holton come from?
    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”).
    How common is the surname Holton?
    11,731 people in the United States had the surname Holton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,319 Americans. It ranked 3,058th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Holton?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Holton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Holton?
    Mark Holton, American actor, followed by Gerald Holton.
    Where is the surname Holton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Holton in the United States.
    What type of surname is Holton?
    Holton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Holton getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,731 in 2010, up 2.6%.
    What are other spellings of Holton?
    Houlton.