# Stratton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stratton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia; taken from the surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,983 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,565 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,434 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (22,498 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English strǣt (“street, paved high-way”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stratton 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

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

## People named Stratton

- Tiffany Stratton, American professional wrestler
- Gene Stratton-Porter, American writer and naturalist (1863–1924)
- F. J. M. Stratton, British astronomer (1881–1960)
- Sharleen Stratton, Australian diver
- Gil Stratton, actor, sportscaster (1922-2008)
- General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (1838–1883)

## Similar surnames

Strait, Starrett, Strout, Stratman, Streater, Stratford, Strate, Strutt, Stewart, Stuart, Stroud, Steward.

## 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.