# Langton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/langton/  
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) | 2,406 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,817 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 128,323 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.4% (2,261 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlæŋ.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Langton 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

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

## People named Langton

- Brooke Langton, American actress
- Steven Langton, American bobsledder
- Paul Langton, American actor (1913-1980)
- Christopher Langton, American computer scientist
- David Langton, British actor (1912-1994)

## Similar surnames

Langdon, Longtin, Langston, Lansdown, Lemaster, Lemasters, Lumsden, Longstreet, Linscott, Lowenstein, Longstreth, Lonsdale.

## 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.