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The CAYTON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,265 12549 0.001 8
United States (1880 census) 404 11411 0.001 8
Change since 1880 +1861 -1138 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 3 196516 0 0
United Kingdom 178 17668 0 4
Top States for CAYTON by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Carolina 431 2616 0.005 54
California 225 11663 0.001 7
Texas 171 10470 0.001 8
Ohio 149 9177 0.001 13
West Virginia 145 1811 0.008 80
Top States for CAYTON by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
West Virginia 145 1811 0.008 80
North Carolina 431 2616 0.005 54
Oklahoma 80 5425 0.002 23
Oregon 61 7246 0.002 18
Ohio 149 9177 0.001 13

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CAYTON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CAYTON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CAYTON in North Carolina than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CAYTON by picking someone at random in West Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CAYTON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CAYTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CAYTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CAYTON in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Black/African American 145 6.4
Asian/Pacific 90 3.97
Mixed Race 43 1.9
White (Hispanic) 23 1.02
Native American/Alaskan 22 0.97
White (Caucasian) 1,942 85.74

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CAYTON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CAYTON in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CAYTON.

Similar names to CAYTON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CAYTON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CAYTON

The following words are slight variants of CAYTON that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.