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    The surname Laxton

    A place surname, carried by 2,273 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L235

    Laxton: #13,407 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Laxton #13,407, 2,273 people Laxton: #13,407 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Laxton #13,407, 2,273 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Laxton is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A place name truncated from a great variety of predecessors, the place having been formerly known as Laxington, Lexington, Lexinton, and Lessington. The earliest attestations of the place name are found in the Domesday Book variously as Laxintone and Lexingtune; these Domesday forms derive from the Anglo-Saxon Leaxingatūn, from the Anglo Saxon personal name Leaxa + -ing (“belonging to”) + tun (“settlement”), so meaning "farmstead or estate of the people of a man called Leaxa".

    Laxton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,273 people named Laxton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 135,832 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,119.

    #13,407
    rank among US surnames
    2,273
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #13,213)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,407Brendel2,273135,832
    #13,413Weingarten2,272135,892

    Who is named Laxton

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

    92% of people named Laxton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Laxtons

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James Laxton
      American cinematographer, born 1981

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Laxton

    Laxton has the Soundex code L235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L235.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Laxton come from?
    A place name truncated from a great variety of predecessors, the place having been formerly known as Laxington, Lexington, Lexinton, and Lessington. The earliest attestations of the place name are found in the Domesday Book variously as Laxintone and Lexingtune; these Domesday forms derive from…
    How common is the surname Laxton?
    2,273 people in the United States had the surname Laxton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 135,832 Americans. It ranked 13,407th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Laxton?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Laxton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Laxton?
    James Laxton, American cinematographer.
    Where is the surname Laxton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Laxton in the United States.
    What type of surname is Laxton?
    Laxton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Laxton getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,119 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,273 in 2010, up 7.3%.