# Kirton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/kirton/  
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) | 1,791 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,150 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 172,387 people |
| Change since 2000 | +33% (1,352 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɝtn̩/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Kerton |

## Etymology

From Old English ċiriċe (“church”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Cheriton. The alteration of /tʃ/ to /k/ is down to Old Norse influence.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Kirton 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 41% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## 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.