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    The surname Panton

    A surname, carried by 1,095 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P535

    Panton: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Panton #23,268, 1,095 people Panton: #23,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Panton #23,268, 1,095 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Panton is more common than 85.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,095 people named Panton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 964.

    #23,268
    rank among US surnames
    1,095
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.6%
    change since 2000 (was #24,350)

    Who is named Panton

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

    47% of people named Panton identified as Black (not Hispanic), 44% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 47%
    • White (not Hispanic) 44%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Panton

    Panton has the Soundex code P535, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P535.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Panton?
    1,095 people in the United States had the surname Panton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. It ranked 23,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Panton?
    In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Panton identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 44% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Panton getting more or less common?
    More common. 964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,095 in 2010, up 14%.