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    The surname Pixton

    An English surname, carried by 489 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P235

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pixton is more common than 72.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Perhaps from an unattested Old English personal name composed of the elements pīc (“pointed object”) + stān (“stone”).

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 489 people named Pixton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 631,381 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 440.

    #44,034
    rank among US surnames
    489
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.1%
    change since 2000 (was #45,735)

    Who is named Pixton

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

    95% of people named Pixton identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pixton

    Pixton has the Soundex code P235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P235.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Pixton come from?
    Perhaps from an unattested Old English personal name composed of the elements pīc (“pointed object”) + stān (“stone”).
    How common is the surname Pixton?
    489 people in the United States had the surname Pixton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 631,381 Americans. It ranked 44,034th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pixton?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pixton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Pixton getting more or less common?
    More common. 440 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 489 in 2010, up 11%.