Payton
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Pǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Proper noun
Payton (plural Paytons)
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A unisex given name:
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Payton is the 1515th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 23670 individuals. Payton is most common among White (53.59%) and Black/African American (39.93%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Payton”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.