# Saxton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/saxton/  
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 from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,509 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,726 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,469 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.0% (8,969 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Seaxe (“Saxons”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Saxton 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Saxton in the United States.

## People named Saxton

- Johnny Saxton, American boxer (1930–2008)
- Joseph Saxton, American inventor (1799–1873)
- Charlie Saxton, American actor

## Similar surnames

Sexton, Sugden.

## 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.