# Sutton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sutton/  
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) | 90,964 |
| US rank (2010) | 341 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 3,394 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (87,373 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsʌtən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Southtown.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sutton 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 22% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sutton in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

## People named Sutton

- Christopher Sutton, Australian road bicycle racer
- Walter Sutton, American geneticist (1877-1916)
- Chloe Sutton, American swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games gold medalist
- Dudley Sutton, British actor (1933–2018)
- Robert Sutton, American sailor (1911-1977)
- Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Norwich
- Gary Sutton, Australian racing cyclist
- Shane Sutton, Australian racing cyclist
- Frank Sutton, American actor (1923-1974)
- Don Sutton, American baseball player (1945-2021)
- Betty Sutton, American politician (born 1963), judge
- John Sutton, British actor in Hollywood (1908-1963)

and 9 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Stone, Sitton, Stein, Steen, Stine, Seaton, Stamm, Stamey, Sedano, Sweeten, Sidney, Soden.

## 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.