# Hylton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/hylton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,440 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,199 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 36,581 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.7% (7,765 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Spelling variant of Hilton

## Who carries it

Share of people named Hylton 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) | 65% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Hylton in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Hylton

- Jack Hylton, British band leader and impresario (1892–1965)
- James Hylton, American stock car racing driver (1934–2018)

## Similar surnames

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