# Staton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/staton/  
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 | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 14,413 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,514 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 21,421 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.7% (13,898 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Statton |

## Etymology

*Literally meaning "town on a stony ground." From Old English stan (“stone”) + tūn (“town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Staton 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 29% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Staton in the United States.

## People named Staton

- Aaron Staton, American actor
- Candi Staton, American singer–songwriter (born 1940)
- Dakota Staton, American jazz vocalist (1930-2007)
- Matt Bomer, American actor

## Similar surnames

Staten, Stayton, Statham, Steadman, Stidham, Stedman, Stoudemire.

## 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.