How common is the last name Layton?

18,508 people in the United States have the last name Layton, about 1 in 16,150. It ranks #1,905 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

LAYTON

#1,905

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
18,508
About
1 in 16,150
This common or more
47.2%
Who bears it

Of the 18,508 people with the last name Layton, 84.8% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Layton

1 other last name also has 18,508 people.

#1,905 Whitman · 18,508

Either side of Layton

#1,902 Napier · 18,535#1,904 Wiseman · 18,529#1,905 Whitman · 18,508#1,907 Koehler · 18,481

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,749 Lawton · 12,756#54,873 Laton · 405#114,090 Laydon · 163

Also a first name

As a first name, Layton ranks #2,789 of 53,615, with 8,328 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2015, with 585 births. See Layton as a first name

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