# Peyton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/peyton/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 10,276 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,477 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 30,045 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.0% (9,787 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Payton.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Peyton 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) | 75% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 19% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Peyton in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Peyton

- Gerry Peyton, association football coach and former player
- Elizabeth Peyton, American artist (born 1965)
- K.M. Peyton, British children's writer (1929–2023)
- Jeff Stryker, American pornographic actor
- Claudia Jessie, British actress and singer

## Similar surnames

Payton, Paton, Pedone, Patton, Patino, Patten, Peden, Paden, Putney, Patin, Padden, Padin.

## 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.