How common is the surname Middleton?

42,578 people in the United States had the surname Middleton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,251 Americans. It ranked 813th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Middleton?

Charles Middleton, American actor (1874–1949), followed by Robert Middleton.

Where is the surname Middleton most common?

Wikidata records people named Middleton in the United States, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Middleton?

Middleton is /ˈmɪ.dəl.tən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Middleton getting more or less common?

More common. 40,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 42,578 in 2010, up 4.6%.

The surname Middleton

An English place surname, carried by 42,578 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈmɪ.dəl.tən/ 3 syllables Soundex M343

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Middleton is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Middleton 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 42,578 people named Middleton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,251 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 40,708.

#813

rank among US surnames

42,578

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.6%

change since 2000 (was #771)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#804	Sexton	43,133	7,158
#805	Chung	43,110	7,162
#806	Gentry	43,027	7,176
#807	Hull	43,018	7,177
#808	Duarte	42,983	7,183
#809	Ellison	42,827	7,209
#810	Nielsen	42,773	7,218

Who is named Middleton

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

67% of people named Middleton identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Middletons

15 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Middleton
American actor (1874–1949)
Robert Middleton
American actor (1911-1977)
Darryl Middleton
American/Spanish basketball player and coach, born 1966
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, 1957–2020
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, born 1968
Frederick Dobson Middleton
British Army general (1825–1898)

Notable Middletons come mostly from the United States (7), the Kingdom of Great Britain (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Middleton come from?: From Old English Middeltūn, equivalent to middle + -ton. The town in Nova Scotia is named for its location midway between Annapolis Royal and Kentville.
How common is the surname Middleton?: 42,578 people in the United States had the surname Middleton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,251 Americans. It ranked 813th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Middleton?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Middleton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Middleton?: Charles Middleton, American actor (1874–1949), followed by Robert Middleton.
Where is the surname Middleton most common?: Wikidata records people named Middleton in the United States, the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Middleton?: Middleton is /ˈmɪ.dəl.tən/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Middleton?: Middleton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Middleton getting more or less common?: More common. 40,708 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 42,578 in 2010, up 4.6%.