How common is the last name Payton?

22,613 people in the United States have the last name Payton, about 1 in 13,218. It ranks #1,549 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

PAYTON

#1,549

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
22,613
About
1 in 13,218
This common or more
44.8%
Who bears it

Of the 22,613 people with the last name Payton, 49.7% reported their origin as White, 40.4% as Black and 5.4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Payton

#1,547 Doan · 22,632#1,548 Conklin · 22,618#1,550 Pritchard · 22,612#1,551 Amos · 22,595

Spelled almost the same

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

#524 Patton · 62,929#10,915 Paton · 2,788

Also a first name

As a first name, Payton ranks #713 of 53,615, with 71,786 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2008, with 4,852 births. See Payton as a first name

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