Last Name LAWTON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Lawton, a parish in county Cheshire, later Church-Lawton, but simply Lawton in earlier records. In South England, the name was sometimes confused with Laughton.
Origin English, Dutch, Irish, South african

Rank 2,488 (2000 US census) 2,563 (1990 US census)
Count 13,272 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 75.64%, or 10039 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 20.31%, or 2696 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.68%, or 90 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.34%, or 45 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.69%, or 224 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.35%, or 179 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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