How common is the surname Lytton?

1,243 people in the United States had the surname Lytton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lytton?

Louisa Lytton, British actress, followed by L. Rogers Lytton.

Where is the surname Lytton most common?

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

How do you pronounce Lytton?

Lytton is /ˈlɪtən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Lytton getting more or less common?

More common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, up 2.6%.

The surname Lytton

A surname, carried by 1,243 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈlɪtən/ 2 syllables Soundex L350

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lytton is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,243 people named Lytton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,211.

#21,119

rank among US surnames

1,243

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.6%

change since 2000 (was #20,397)

Who is named Lytton

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

91% of people named Lytton identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lyttons

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Louisa Lytton
British actress, born 1989
L. Rogers Lytton
American actor (1867-1924)

Notable Lyttons come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lytton

Lytton has the Soundex code L350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L350.

Questions

How common is the surname Lytton?: 1,243 people in the United States had the surname Lytton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lytton?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Lytton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lytton?: Louisa Lytton, British actress, followed by L. Rogers Lytton.
Where is the surname Lytton most common?: Wikidata records people named Lytton in the United Kingdom and the United States.
How do you pronounce Lytton?: Lytton is /ˈlɪtən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Lytton getting more or less common?: More common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, up 2.6%.