Middleton Surname

5,339th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106,107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Middleton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Middleton,' i.e. the middle town, or farmstead; v. Town. There are several dozen places, larger or smaller, scattered up and down England of this name.

Richard de Midelton, Buckinghamshire, 1273.

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Middleton Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States54,2521:6,681783
England26,4021:2,110257
Australia9,4241:2,865392
Canada5,4691:6,737989
Scotland2,9921:1,789331
South Africa1,9701:27,5013,516
New Zealand1,5371:2,946441
Wales7141:4,334474
Belize4991:712150
Ireland4131:11,4021,435
France2611:254,49339,305
Chile2521:69,9072,872
Swaziland2271:5,719371
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Germany1391:579,17647,094
Northern Ireland1341:13,7691,944
Netherlands1251:135,09720,820
Spain1241:377,03321,044
Thailand1001:706,383117,076
Panama751:52,1632,511
Jamaica701:40,9992,613
Argentina681:628,58044,177
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Isle of Man471:1,826344
Zimbabwe341:454,06638,992
Cyprus331:26,8143,049
Denmark321:176,39714,920
Norway281:183,65321,594
Sweden281:351,67024,678
Malaysia251:1,179,76951,323
Czechia241:443,06148,767
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Philippines211:4,820,868168,058
Greece201:553,99069,165
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Finland191:289,30021,660
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Falkland Islands181:17424
India181:42,614,743461,117
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Switzerland171:483,11334,678
Hong Kong141:523,9633,360
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Japan101:12,784,42945,945
China81:170,915,1968,932
United States Virgin Islands71:15,7682,111
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Israel41:2,139,40895,907
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Cape Verde21:264,8215,214
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3421:12,9531,737
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England13,3221:1,830241
Scotland2,2651:1,653304
Wales1541:10,185620
Guernsey41:8,1641,328
Jersey21:25,9413,069
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,5671:5,249658

Middleton (299) may also be a first name.

Middleton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Middleton,' i.e. the middle town, or farmstead; v. Town. There are several dozen places, larger or smaller, scattered up and down England of this name.

Richard de Midelton, Buckinghamshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Thomas do Middilton, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Gilbert de Middelton, Yorkshire, ibid.

Johannes de Midillton, 1370: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas de Midilton, 1370: ibid.

Ricardus de Midilton, 1179: ibid.

1580. Christopher Middelton, Cheshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the lands of Middleton or Middletown of Conveth, in the parish of Laurencekirk, Kincerdineshire. The lands were so named to distinguish them from Conveth Mill and lands on one side and Westerton of Conveth on the other. For about three centuries the family here bore the designation of Middleton of that Ilk. The first of the name recorded appears to have been Umfridus de Midilton who witnessed a grant of the lands of Petmengartenach to the Abbey of Arbroath in 1221, and also a charter of 1238 (RAA., I, 242,261). Humfrey de Middiltone of the county of Kincardyn rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 209), and Robert de Middleton was a Scot taken at Dunbar Castle in the same year (ibid., 742). Andrew de Midleton witnessed a charter of the lands of Craigy in the Memys in 1357 (SCM., V, p. 248), and William Mydiltoune was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1488 (NSCM., I, p. 34). William Mediltoune appears in Glentanner in 1503 (Aboyne, p. 33). Mideltowne 1642, Midiltoun 1430, Midltoun 1652, Myddiltoun 1508, Myddiltoune 1471, Mydilton 1500.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English)Bel. to Middleton = the Middle Farmstead [Old English middel + tún]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Middleton (the middle homestead or village), the name of many villages in England.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

'The middle tun' or enclosure-a very common name of places. The Gazetteer mentions more than thirty parishes, chapelries, and townships, so called in S. Britain; but there are many minor localities and estates of this name (frequently several in a single county), and some of these are contracted to Milton.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. From Middleton, a small town in Dorsetshire, England—the middle town.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Of Middleton-Morel, Northumberland, probably a branch of Morel (Testa de Neville, 382).

— The Norman People (1874)

A location name in Derbyshire, Durham., Lancashire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Yorkshire.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Middleton. —Excepting a few in Devon, this name may be said to be practically unrepresented in the south of England. Its principal home is in Warwickshire; but it is also fairly numerous in Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, the West Riding, and Norfolk. In nearly all the counties in which the surname occurs in any numbers, Middleton is the name of parishes, townships, etc. The Scottish Middletons have their home in Aberdeenshire.

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Middleton Demographics

Average Male Middleton Height

176.86 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 984 (2014)

Average Female Middleton Height

163.38 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 167 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Middleton Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Middleton Come From? nationality or country of origin

Middleton is found most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Middleton? popularity and diffusion

Middleton is the 5,339th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 68,681 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Middleton are found; 56 percent are found in North America and 56 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 509,704th most frequently used forename at a global level It is held by 299 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 54,252 people, or 1 in 6,681. In The United States Middleton is most common in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and South Carolina, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States this last name exists in 110 countries. It also occurs in England, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Middleton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Middleton has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Middleton surname grew 567 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 198 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 132 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 464 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 121 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Middleton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Middleton last name is chiefly Anglican (42%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Middleton surname are 13.61% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.38% registered with the political party.

The amount Middleton earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 35.2% more than the national average, earning 467,897 kr per year; in Peru they earn 3.5% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,706 per year; in South Africa they earn 77.63% more than the national average, earning R 422,124 per year; in United States they earn 5.07% less than the national average, earning $40,961 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.48% more than the national average, earning $52,406 CAD per year.

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