Last Name MIDDLETON

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Meaning Local: Of Middleton, i.e. the middle town, or farmstead. There are plenty of places, larger and smaller, scattered up and down England of this name.
Local: From Middleton, a small town in Dorsetshire, England - the middle town.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland

Rank 771 (2000 US census) 716 (1990 US census)
Count 40,708 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 69.3%, or 28211 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 27.04%, or 11007 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.34%, or 138 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.45%, or 183 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.58%, or 643 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.28%, or 521 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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