# Hutton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hutton/  
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) | 18,479 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,955 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 16,708 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.9% (17,961 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhʌtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Hotten |

## Etymology

From Old English hōh (“ridge, spur”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hutton 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) | 84% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hutton in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom.

## People named Hutton

- Timothy Hutton, American actor and director
- Betty Hutton, American actress (1921–2007)
- Lauren Hutton, American model, actress, and entrepreneur
- Brian G. Hutton, American actor, film director (1935–2014)
- Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist and socialite (1912-1979)
- Jim Hutton, American actor (1934-1979)
- Robert Hutton, American actor (1920-1994)
- Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (1919–1987)
- Frederick Wollaston Hutton, British-born New Zealand scientist (1836–1905)
- Claire Hutton, American soccer player
- Bobby Hutton, American activist and member of the Black Panther Party (1950-1968)
- June Hutton, American singer (1919–1973)

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Hatton, Haughton, Hayden, Heaton, Hadden, Hatten, Hooten, Hedden, Haden, Heiden, Hyden, Haydon.

## 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.