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The surname Mayton

A surname, carried by 1,559 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M350

Mayton: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Mayton #17,927, 1,559 people Mayton: #17,927 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Mayton #17,927, 1,559 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mayton is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,559 people named Mayton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,516.

#17,927
rank among US surnames
1,559
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+2.8%
change since 2000 (was #17,214)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#17,921Pop1,560197,914
#17,927Mayton1,559198,041

Who is named Mayton

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

91% of people named Mayton identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
  • Two or more races 2.6%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Mayton

Mayton has the Soundex code M350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M350.

Questions

How common is the surname Mayton?
1,559 people in the United States had the surname Mayton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,041 Americans. It ranked 17,927th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mayton?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Mayton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Mayton getting more or less common?
More common. 1,516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,559 in 2010, up 2.8%.