How common is the surname Saxton?

9,509 people in the United States had the surname Saxton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,469 Americans. It ranked 3,726th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saxton?

Johnny Saxton, American boxer (1930–2008), followed by Joseph Saxton.

Where is the surname Saxton most common?

Wikidata records people named Saxton in the United States.

Is the surname Saxton getting more or less common?

More common. 8,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,509 in 2010, up 6.0%.

The surname Saxton

An English place surname, carried by 9,509 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S235

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Saxton is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Saxton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 9,509 people named Saxton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,469 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,969.

#3,726

rank among US surnames

9,509

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+6%

change since 2000 (was #3,640)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,717	Freed	9,541	32,360
#3,718	Loveless	9,533	32,387
#3,719	Wilbur	9,527	32,407
#3,720	Gracia	9,520	32,431
#3,722	Ostrander	9,518	32,438
#3,723	Mangum	9,515	32,448
#3,724	Staggs	9,514	32,452

Who is named Saxton

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

78% of people named Saxton identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Saxtons

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johnny Saxton
American boxer (1930–2008)
Joseph Saxton
American inventor (1799–1873)
Charlie Saxton
American actor, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saxton

Sexton

Saxton has the Soundex code S235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S235.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Saxton come from?: From Old English Seaxe (“Saxons”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Saxton?: 9,509 people in the United States had the surname Saxton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,469 Americans. It ranked 3,726th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saxton?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Saxton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Saxton?: Johnny Saxton, American boxer (1930–2008), followed by Joseph Saxton.
Where is the surname Saxton most common?: Wikidata records people named Saxton in the United States.
What type of surname is Saxton?: Saxton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Saxton getting more or less common?: More common. 8,969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,509 in 2010, up 6.0%.