How common is the last name Britton?

27,730 people in the United States have the last name Britton, about 1 in 10,779. It ranks #1,250 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

BRITTON

#1,250

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
27,730
About
1 in 10,779
This common or more
42.3%
Who bears it

Of the 27,730 people with the last name Britton, 71.3% reported their origin as White, 19.5% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Britton

#1,248 Downing · 27,775#1,249 Mobley · 27,771#1,251 Haines · 27,705#1,252 Escobedo · 27,650

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Britton, most common first.

#3,970 Bratton · 8,664#4,288 Brittain · 8,005#5,700 Bruton · 5,858#7,883 Breton · 4,037#9,871 Brewton · 3,126#11,850 Britten · 2,525#12,899 Brayton · 2,278#20,949 Bratten · 1,276

Also a first name

As a first name, Britton ranks #3,202 of 53,615, with 6,739 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2011, with 216 births. See Britton as a first name

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