# Malton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/malton/  
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) | 137 |
| US rank (2010) | 125,282 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,253,617 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (134 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Probably from Old English mæþel (“speech”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), hence a settlement where a public assembly was held.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Malton 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Malton in Germany and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Malton

- Leslie Malton, American-German actress
- Thomas Malton, British artist (1748-1804)

## Similar surnames

Melton, Milton, Moulton, Maldonado, Mauldin, Muldoon, Molden, Moldenhauer, Miltenberger, Muldowney.

## 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.