How common is the surname Lupton?

2,719 people in the United States had the surname Lupton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,551 Americans. It ranked 11,560th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lupton?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lupton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lupton?

John Lupton, American actor (1928-1993), followed by Ellen Lupton.

Where is the surname Lupton most common?

Wikidata records people named Lupton in the United States.

Is the surname Lupton getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,771 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,719 in 2010, down 1.9%.

The surname Lupton

An English place surname, carried by 2,719 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L135

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lupton is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From the Old English personal name *Hluppa + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,719 people named Lupton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,551 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,771.

#11,560

rank among US surnames

2,719

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-1.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,611)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,553	Stice	2,721	113,468
#11,555	Rall	2,720	113,509
#11,560	Lupton	2,719	113,551
#11,568	Carbonell	2,718	113,593

Who is named Lupton

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

92% of people named Lupton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Luptons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Lupton
American actor (1928-1993)
Ellen Lupton
American graphic designer (born 1963)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lupton

Lipton

Lupton has the Soundex code L135, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L135.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lupton come from?: From the Old English personal name *Hluppa + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Lupton?: 2,719 people in the United States had the surname Lupton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,551 Americans. It ranked 11,560th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lupton?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Lupton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lupton?: John Lupton, American actor (1928-1993), followed by Ellen Lupton.
Where is the surname Lupton most common?: Wikidata records people named Lupton in the United States.
What type of surname is Lupton?: Lupton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Lupton getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,771 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,719 in 2010, down 1.9%.