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    The surname Malton

    An English place surname, carried by 137 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M435

    Malton: #125,282 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Malton #125,282, 137 people Malton: #125,282 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Malton #125,282, 137 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Malton is more common than 22.8% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Malton 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 137 people named Malton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,253,617 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 134.

    #125,282
    rank among US surnames
    137
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #119,644)

    Who is named Malton

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

    78% of people named Malton identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 78%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Maltons

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Leslie Malton
      American-German actress, born 1958
    • Thomas Malton
      British artist (1748-1804)

    Notable Maltons come mostly from Germany (1) and the Kingdom of Great Britain (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Malton

    Malton has the Soundex code M435, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M435.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Malton come from?
    Probably from Old English mæþel (“speech”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), hence a settlement where a public assembly was held.
    How common is the surname Malton?
    137 people in the United States had the surname Malton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,253,617 Americans. It ranked 125,282nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Malton?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Malton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Malton?
    Leslie Malton, American-German actress, followed by Thomas Malton.
    Where is the surname Malton most common?
    Wikidata records people named Malton in Germany and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
    What type of surname is Malton?
    Malton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Malton getting more or less common?
    More common. 134 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 137 in 2010, up 2.2%.