Saxton Surname

30,396th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,575 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Saxton Surname Definition:

Offic 'the sacristan,' now sexton or verger of a church. This, without doubt, has added to the modern directories. Although my instances are few, I suspect it is the parent of many of our Saxtons and Sextons.

Hugh Sacristan, Kent, 1373, .

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Saxton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,4501:29,1133,611
England3,2761:17,0082,453
Australia5541:48,7296,075
Canada5171:71,2688,131
New Zealand3321:13,6402,373
Scotland801:66,9235,243
Chile791:222,9936,896
Wales471:65,8415,810
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
Philippines251:4,049,529157,830
Jamaica201:143,4975,007
France161:4,151,420237,746
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Sweden141:703,34052,204
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Venezuela121:2,517,00628,211
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Malaysia71:4,213,461150,293
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Turks and Caicos Islands51:6,866565
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,7511:13,9212,085
Wales101:156,8426,008
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,9881:16,8072,146

Saxton (151) may also be a first name.

Saxton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Offic 'the sacristan,' now sexton or verger of a church. This, without doubt, has added to the modern directories. Although my instances are few, I suspect it is the parent of many of our Saxtons and Sextons.

Hugh Sacristan, Kent, 1373, . Hundred Rolls.

John Sexteyn, Close Rolls, 7 Edward IV.

(a) Local, 'of Saxton,' a parish in the the Diocese of York.

Johannes de Saxton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Robertus de Saxton, 1379: ibid.

1771. Married — Charles Saxton and Mary Bush: St. George, Hanover Square i. Ml.

1783. — George Sexton and Mary Liddell: ibid.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin) Sacristan, Sexton [Anglo-French sacristan (French sacristain), Low Latin sacristan-us; from Low Latin sacrista, ‘guardian of sacred things’; from Latin sacer, sacred] Hugh Sacristan.—Hundred Rolls (English) belonging to Saxton (Yorks), Domesday Saxtun [v. under Sax, and + Old English tún, farm, estate]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Saxton (village of the Saxons), the name of several places in England.

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

1. A sacristan or sexton-the lowest official in a church. 2. A parish in the West Biding of Yorkshire. H.R. De Saxton.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

An under officer of the church, the same as Sexton. Local, Sax—town, a town of the Saxons.

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

A location name in Yorkshire.

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

User-submitted Reference

(English) This surname comes from the word, meaning 'settlement of the Saxons'. It is the name of a parish in Yorkshire, halfway between York, and Leeds.

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Saxton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Saxton is most common in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saxton? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 30,396th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 414,654 people. The last name Saxton is primarily found in The Americas, where 69 percent of Saxton are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 749,223rd most commonly used first name globally, held by 151 people.

It is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 12,450 people, or 1 in 29,113. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 9 percent live, Michigan, where 6 percent live and Texas, where 6 percent live. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 52 countries. It is also common in England, where 19 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Saxton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Saxton has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Saxton surname expanded 417 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 187 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 1,143 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 470 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Saxton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Saxton last name are 14.69% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.46% being registered with the political party.

The amount Saxton earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 18.12% less than the national average, earning R 194,568 per year; in United States they earn 0.09% more than the national average, earning $43,187 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.47% more than the national average, earning $51,903 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sanxton9226/
Shaxton9223/
Saaxton921/
Saxston920/
Sauxton920/
Saxtone920/
Saxstone860/
Sexton8368,661/
Saston83140/
Saxtan8319/
Soxton833/
Jaxton833/
Saxtom832/
Zaxton830/
Saxtun830/
Seaston7751/
Shaston775/
Sexston773/
Chaxton772/
Sashton771/
Jaxston771/
Seexton771/
Jaxtone771/
Sexdton771/
Sauston770/
Saaston770/
Sextton770/
Seastone71161/
Sackston718/
Jaxstone712/
Jackxton711/
Saugston710/
Schaston710/
Sastan6715/
Sextan673/
Shahstoun672/
Sextón671/
Soston671/
Sheakston670/
Zaston670/

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Saxton Reference & Research

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