How common is the surname Sutton?

90,964 people in the United States had the surname Sutton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,394 Americans. It ranked 341st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sutton?

Christopher Sutton, Australian road bicycle racer, followed by Walter Sutton.

Where is the surname Sutton most common?

Wikidata records people named Sutton in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.

How do you pronounce Sutton?

Sutton is /ˈsʌtən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Sutton getting more or less common?

More common. 87,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 90,964 in 2010, up 4.1%.

Is Sutton also a first name?

Yes. Sutton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Sutton

An English place surname, carried by 90,964 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsʌtən/ 2 syllables Soundex S350 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sutton is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Sutton 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 90,964 people named Sutton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,394 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 87,373.

#341

rank among US surnames

90,964

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4.1%

change since 2000 (was #319)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#332	Craig	92,507	3,338
#333	Ayala	92,463	3,339
#334	Lowe	92,260	3,346
#335	Frazier	92,152	3,350
#336	Powers	91,970	3,357
#337	Neal	91,694	3,367
#338	Leonard	91,475	3,375

Who is named Sutton

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

73% of people named Sutton identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Suttons

21 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christopher Sutton
Australian road bicycle racer, born 1984
Walter Sutton
American geneticist (1877-1916)
Chloe Sutton
American swimmer, Olympic athlete, Pan American Games gold medalist, born 1992
Dudley Sutton
British actor (1933–2018)
Robert Sutton
American sailor (1911-1977)
Charles Manners-Sutton
Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Norwich, 1755–1828
Gary Sutton
Australian racing cyclist, born 1955
Shane Sutton
Australian racing cyclist, born 1957
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)

Notable Suttons come mostly from the United States (15), Australia (3) and the United Kingdom (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sutton

Sutton has the Soundex code S350, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S350.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sutton come from?: From Old English suþ (“south”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Southtown.
How common is the surname Sutton?: 90,964 people in the United States had the surname Sutton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,394 Americans. It ranked 341st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sutton?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Sutton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sutton?: Christopher Sutton, Australian road bicycle racer, followed by Walter Sutton.
Where is the surname Sutton most common?: Wikidata records people named Sutton in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
How do you pronounce Sutton?: Sutton is /ˈsʌtən/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Sutton?: Sutton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Sutton getting more or less common?: More common. 87,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 90,964 in 2010, up 4.1%.
Is Sutton also a first name?: Yes. Sutton is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.