# Norton (surname)

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

An English habitational surname from Old English 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) | 63,722 |
| US rank (2010) | 531 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,845 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (61,805 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnɔɹtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English norþ (“north”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). The parish in New Brunswick is named after Norton, Massachusetts.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Norton 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Norton in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Argentina.

## People named Norton

- Edward Norton, American actor
- Ken Norton, American boxer (1943-2013)
- Andre Norton, American writer of science fiction and fantasy (1912–2005)
- James Norton, British actor
- Eleanor Holmes Norton, American lawyer and politician (born 1937)
- Peter Norton, American programmer, software publisher
- Richard Norton, Australian stuntman and actor
- Barry Norton, Argentine actor (1905-1956)
- John Norton, American athlete (1893-1979)
- Charles Eliot Norton, American art historian (1827-1908)
- Edgar Norton, American actor (1868-1953)
- Emerson Norton, American athlete (1900-1986)

and 17 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Nordin, Norden, Northington, Nordman, Northam, Nardone.

## 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.