How rare is the last name Dayton?

8,138 people in the United States have the last name Dayton, about 1 in 36,729. It ranks #4,221 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

DAYTON

#4,221

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,138
About
1 in 36,729
This common or more
56.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,138 people with the last name Dayton, 89.4% reported their origin as White, 3.7% as two or more races and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Dayton

1 other last name also has 8,138 people.

#4,221 Hua · 8,138

Either side of Dayton

#4,219 Toussaint · 8,143#4,219 Turnbull · 8,143#4,221 Hua · 8,138#4,223 Fortin · 8,137

Also a first name

As a first name, Dayton ranks #2,276 of 53,615, with 11,380 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2008, with 599 births. See Dayton as a first name

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