# Stanton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stanton/  
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 either of these places

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 35,997 |
| US rank (2010) | 968 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,577 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (34,812 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstæntən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stanton 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stanton in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Stanton

- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist (1815–1902)
- Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (1926–2017)
- Andrew Stanton, American animator, film director and screenwriter (born 1965)
- Edwin M. Stanton, American lawyer and politician (1814–1869)
- Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect and suffragist (1883–1971)
- Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player (born 1989)
- Greg Stanton, American lawyer and politician (born 1970)
- Richard Stanton, actor, film director (1876-1956)
- Brandon Stanton, American photographer
- Robert Stanton, American actor
- Gregory Stanton, American academic and activist
- Stephen Stanton, American voice actor

and 13 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Staunton, Standen, Standiford, Standing, Stinnett, Steinmetz, Standridge, Standley, Standifer, Standish, Stender, Standard.

## 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.