How rare is the last name Paxton?

11,512 people in the United States have the last name Paxton, about 1 in 25,964. It ranks #3,048 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

PAXTON

#3,048

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,512
About
1 in 25,964
This common or more
52.8%
Who bears it

Of the 11,512 people with the last name Paxton, 83.5% reported their origin as White, 8% as Black and 3.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Paxton

1 other last name also has 11,512 people.

#3,048 Marx · 11,512

Either side of Paxton

#3,046 Riggins · 11,513#3,048 Marx · 11,512#3,050 Spurlock · 11,508#3,051 Herrick · 11,507

Spelled almost the same

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

#153,590 Paston · 104

Also a first name

As a first name, Paxton ranks #1,568 of 53,615, with 20,759 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 2,084 births. See Paxton as a first name

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