Payton

English

Alternative forms

• Peyton

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)

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A unisex given name:
   1. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   2. A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Payton is the 1515^th 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 City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Yapton