How rare is the last name Drayton?

7,352 people in the United States have the last name Drayton, about 1 in 40,655. It ranks #4,680 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

DRAYTON

#4,680

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,352
About
1 in 40,655
This common or more
57.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,352 people with the last name Drayton, 75% reported their origin as Black, 14.9% as White and 5.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Drayton

#4,678 Awad · 7,357#4,679 Stidham · 7,353#4,681 Haile · 7,349#4,682 Jackman · 7,348

Spelled almost the same

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

#96,193 Drayden · 203

Also a first name

As a first name, Drayton ranks #9,176 of 53,615, with 1,535 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2012, with 78 births. See Drayton as a first name

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