Explore the Family Name Laxton

The meaning of Laxton

English: habitational name from any of the places called Laxton, in East Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, and Northamptonshire. The Northamptonshire placename is formed from an Old English personal name Leaxa + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. The other examples were named with Leaxa + -ing- (denoting association with) + tūn.

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How common is the last name Laxton in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Laxton has seen a slight decrease in popularity over the decade from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, Laxton ranked 13,213th in popularity with approximately 2,119 people bearing this last name. This dropped slightly by 1.47% to a rank of 13,407 in 2010, though the actual count of people with the surname increased by 7.27% to 2,273. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw a slight decrease from 0.79 in 2000 to 0.77 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,213	#13,407	-1.47%
Count	2,119	2,273	7.27%
Proportion per 100k	0.79	0.77	-2.53%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Laxton

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Laxton also experienced some shifts between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In the year 2000, the majority of individuals with this last name identified as White (93.39%), followed by American Indian and Alaskan Native (2.17%), Hispanic (2.17%), and Two or more races (1.42%). By 2010, there was a slight decrease in those identifying as White (91.90%) and American Indian and Alaskan Native (1.94%), but increases in those identifying as Hispanic (2.77%), Two or more races (2.02%), and a new appearance of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander (0.53%) and Black (0.84%).

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.39%	91.9%	-1.6%
Hispanic	2.17%	2.77%	27.65%
Two or More Races	1.42%	2.02%	42.25%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	2.17%	1.94%	-10.6%
Black	0%	0.84%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.53%	0%