Heaton is used as a family name or surname in Saxon. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heaton
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Saxon
Meaning: The high town or hill, from Hea, High and ton, town

How popular is Heaton?

Heaton is common in United States.

Heaton is ranked 17900 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Heaton bearers increased by 0.9781022 per cent in 2010 US census to 13834 since 2000, the surname slipped by 182 spots and ranked at 2606. The last name was found in around 47 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.09 94.93
Hispanic or Latino 2.41 1.43
Others 1.58 1.26
Black 0.8 1.48
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61 0.51
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.51 0.39
Heaton is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while England is ahead in terms of density. Around 29214 people have been found who wears Heaton as their family name. Heaton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
90,182 Germany8
6,072 China7
318,252 Ukraine6
8,582 Japan6
18,614 Thailand5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
21,529 Singapore2
4,367 Afghanistan2
20,035 Uzbekistan2
3,014 Taiwan2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
13,552 Qatar2
14,521 Portugal2
19,093 Finland2
14,004 Hungary2
16,228 Bulgaria1
1,704,541 India1
174,544 Czech Republic1
2,211 Brunei1
48,575 Azerbaijan1
10,190 Bahrain1
91,024 Belgium1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,292 Vietnam1
19,533 Uruguay1
1,254 Gibraltar1
2,057 Isle of Man1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
12,745 Luxembourg1
6,688 Malawi1
6,149 Ethiopia1
3,307 Malta1
2,024 Mongolia1
49,101 Denmark1
47,891 Norway1
7,895 South Korea1
10,683 Cyprus1
14,644 Tunisia1
53,505 Turkey1
7,941 Guatemala1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,642 Northern Ireland48
4,813 Hong Kong47
26,164 Sweden36
36,547 Switzerland27
52,801 United Arab Emirates13
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
72,056 Italy78
36,203 Spain63
Countries with hundreds of Heaton:
4,591 Canada975
8,044 South Africa804
1,062 Wales373
2,233 Scotland315
3,482 New Zealand220
11,173 Peru142
71,478 France135
3,199 Ireland126
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Heaton:
975 England7,787
2,014 Australia1,565
Countries with ten thousands of Heaton:
2,478 United States16,256
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Mary Heaton was 60 years old when she migrated to USA during Irish famine on May 12, 1846. She lived in Ireland where she worked as immigrant and took Ottowa from Liverpool. 18 years old Kerwin Heaton, Barney Heaton, aged 16, Catherine Heaton (20) Workwoman, Robert Heaton, aged 44, James Heaton, aged 25, Infant James Heaton, William Heaton, aged 30, 40 years old Sarah Heaton, and 3 other Heaton around 44.44% of whom were workman while others worked as servant migrated to US.

Heaton Namesakes

  • Adna Heaton, Author
  • Paul Heaton, Singer-songwriter
  • Niykee Heaton, Singer
  • Angie Heaton, Musical Artist
  • Robert Douglas Heaton, Former U.S. Representative
  • Anne Heaton, Folk singer
  • Patricia Heaton, Actress
  • Jennison Heaton, Olympic athlete
  • John Heaton, Olympic athlete
  • Patricia Heaton, Actress
  • In 0 action and horror movie, The New Mutants, Charlie Heaton characterized Sam Guthrie and Cannonball.
  • In 2013, Marie Heaton characterized the role of Cinema Girl in horror flick Self Induced Nightmares.

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