Last Name LAYTON

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Meaning	Local: Of Layton. East and West Layton, two townships in North Riding Yorksl also a township in the parish of Bispham, county Lancashire. Doubtless many small spots are so called.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Belgian

Rank	1,746 (2000 US census)	2,175 (1990 US census)

Count	18,781 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.87%, or 16878 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
5.67%, or 1065 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 73 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.59%, or 111 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.22%, or 229 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.27%, or 426 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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