# Leyton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/leyton/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 685 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,343 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 450,723 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (579 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈleɪtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Luton.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Leyton 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) | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 65% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Leyton in the United Kingdom.

## People named Leyton

- John Leyton, British actor

## Similar surnames

Layton, Leighton, Lydon, Luton, Leyden, Lytton, Latham, Lawton, Litton, Louden, Lathan, Litwin.

## 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.