How common is the surname Horton?

85,195 people in the United States had the surname Horton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,624 Americans. It ranked 367th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Horton?

Mack Horton, Australian freestyle swimmer, followed by Edward Everett Horton.

Where is the surname Horton most common?

Wikidata records people named Horton in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Horton?

Horton is /ˈhɔɹ.tən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Horton getting more or less common?

More common. 83,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 85,195 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Horton

An English place surname, carried by 85,195 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɔɹ.tən/ 2 syllables Soundex H635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horton is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

Horton 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 85,195 people named Horton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,624 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 83,523.

#367

rank among US surnames

85,195

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #335)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#358	Holt	87,531	3,527
#359	Deleon	87,414	3,532
#360	Barker	87,162	3,542
#361	Terry	87,000	3,549
#362	Hale	86,618	3,564
#363	Leon	86,363	3,575
#364	Hail	86,240	3,580

Who is named Horton

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

70% of people named Horton identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 70%
Black (not Hispanic) 24%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hortons

20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mack Horton
Australian freestyle swimmer, born 1996
Edward Everett Horton
American actor (1886–1970)
Peter Horton
American actor and director, born 1953
Big Walter Horton
American blues harmonica player (1921–1981)
Johnny Horton
American singer (1925–1960)
Jonathan Horton
American gymnast, born 1985
Clara Horton
American actress (1904–1976)
Jerry Horton
American musician, born 1975
Ward Horton
American actor, born 1976
Gladys Horton
American singer (1945–2011)
Peter Horton
Austrian singer, musician, composer and writer (1941–2023)
Edmund Horton
Bobsledder (1896–1944)

Notable Hortons come mostly from the United States (16), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Horton

Horton has the Soundex code H635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H635.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Horton come from?: The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)
How common is the surname Horton?: 85,195 people in the United States had the surname Horton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,624 Americans. It ranked 367th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horton?: In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Horton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Horton?: Mack Horton, Australian freestyle swimmer, followed by Edward Everett Horton.
Where is the surname Horton most common?: Wikidata records people named Horton in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Horton?: Horton is /ˈhɔɹ.tən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Horton?: Horton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Horton getting more or less common?: More common. 83,523 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 85,195 in 2010, up 2.0%.