# Middleton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/middleton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English from any of the places.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 42,578 |
| US rank (2010) | 813 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,251 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.6% (40,708 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmɪ.dəl.tən/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Middeltūn, equivalent to middle + -ton. The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location midway between Annapolis Royal and Kentville.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Middleton 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Middleton in the United States, the Kingdom of Great Britain, the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Middleton

- Charles Middleton, American actor (1874–1949)
- Robert Middleton, American actor (1911-1977)
- Darryl Middleton, American/Spanish basketball player and coach
- Sydney Middleton, Australian rugby union footballer (1884–1945)
- Arthur Middleton, American politician, signer of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1787)
- Velma Middleton, American singer (1917–1961)
- Clark Middleton, American actor
- Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, British admiral, politician and abolitionist (1726-1813)
- Ray Middleton, American actor (1907-1984)
- Henry Middleton, American planter and Governor of South Carolina (1770-1846)
- T.J. Middleton, American tennis player
- Frederick Dobson Middleton, British Army general (1825–1898)

and 3 more on Wikidata.

## 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.