# Naughton (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,264 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,448 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 58,652 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (5,081 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The Suffolk place-name has the second element Old English tūn (“town, village”). The initial element is either nafela (“navel”) or a personal name such as Old Norse Nagli. The Fife place-name is from Old Irish áth (“ford”) + the Pictish personal-name Neithon.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Naughton 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.1% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Naughton in the United States.

## People named Naughton

- Naturi Naughton, American singer, songwriter, and actress
- David Naughton, actor
- James Naughton, American actor and director
- Katie Lind, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Nightingale, Nicodemus.

## 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.