# Newton (surname)

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

A habitational surname for someone from any of these places.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 74,092 |
| US rank (2010) | 443 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,167 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (72,328 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈn(j)uːtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Neweton, from Old English nēowa tūn (“new town”). Compare same construction in Italian Napoli (“Naples”) and in Arabic نَابُلُس (nābulus, “Nablus”). The unexpected Early Modern pronunciation with /ɛʊ̯/ instead of /ɪʊ̯/, as securely attested in Richard Hodges' 1644 English Primrose and confirmed by obsolete Welsh Newtwnn, is due to trisyllabic shortening in Old English nēowa tūn or Middle English Neweton.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Newton 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) | 76% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 18% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Newton in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Ghana.

## People named Newton

- Kathryn Newton, American actress (born 1997)
- John Newton, Anglican clergyman, slave trader and abolitionist (1725–1807)
- Eunice Newton Foote, American scientist, inventor and women's rights activist (1819–1888)
- Becki Newton, American actress
- Wayne Newton, American singer and entertainer
- Juice Newton, American pop and country singer
- Arthur L. Newton, American athlete (1883–1950)
- Cam Newton, American football player (born 1989)
- Edward Newton, British colonial administrator and ornithologist (1832-1897)
- Hubert Anson Newton, American astronomer and scientist (1830–1896)
- Keith Newton, British bishop
- Alan Newton, British cyclist

and 15 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Needham, Nathan, Nation, Nadeem, Nodine, Nydam.

## 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.