# Linton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/linton/  
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) | 14,354 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,524 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,509 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (13,660 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɪn.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Linton 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) | 69% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Linton in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Linton

- Ralph Linton, American anthropologist (1893–1953)
- William Richardson Linton, botanist and cleric (1850-1908)
- Laura Alberta Linton, American chemist and physician (1853-1915)
- Zim Zum, American guitarist

## Similar surnames

Linden, Lindon, Lenton, Lindner, Lintner, London, Landon, Lindeman, Landin, Lindemann, Londono, Lundin.

## 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.