How common is the last name Dalton?

48,924 people in the United States have the last name Dalton, about 1 in 6,109. It ranks #680 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DALTON

#680

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
48,924
About
1 in 6,109
This common or more
35.4%
Who bears it

Of the 48,924 people with the last name Dalton, 84% reported their origin as White, 7.4% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Dalton

#678 Horn · 49,305#679 Barron · 49,096#681 Savage · 48,874#682 Callahan · 48,861

Spelled almost the same

One last name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dalton, most common first.

#16,964 Daulton · 1,638

Also a first name

As a first name, Dalton ranks #741 of 53,615, with 68,878 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1998, with 4,590 births. See Dalton as a first name

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