# Walton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/walton/  
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) | 73,854 |
| US rank (2010) | 446 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,180 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (70,997 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɔl.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variously from Old English weall (“wall”) or wealh (“Celt, Welshman”) + tūn (“settlement”)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Walton 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) | 60% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 34% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

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

## People named Walton

- Sam Walton, American businessman (1918–1992)
- Bill Walton, American basketball player and sportscaster (1952–2024)
- Alice Walton, American heiress to the fortune of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- Jim Walton, American businessman
- S. Robson Walton, American billionaire and heir
- Luke Walton, American basketball player and coach
- Christy Walton, American heiress, billionaire, and philanthropist
- Cedar Walton, American jazz pianist (1934–2013)
- George Walton, American politician
- David Walton, American actor
- Mark Walton, American actor and story artist
- Mary Walton, American inventor

and 14 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Walden, Welton, Waldon, Wilton, Waldman, Waltman, Waldner, Walding, Weldon, Wildman, Wilding, Welden.

## 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.