Septon is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Septon
No. of characters: 6
Origin: England
Meaning:

The family name is form of Sex. Anglo-Saxon seax, a dagger.

Family name Septon is variant of Sexton. One who acted as an underofficer of a church ad who had charge of the sacrisity and its contents; variant of Saxton.

Septon is the variation of Saxton. One who came from Saxton, i.e., village of the Saxons, the name of several places in England.

Septon is a variant of Saxon. One who came from Saxony, now Holstein; descendant of Saxa, Saxo or Seaxa, i.e., short sword.

A variation of Saxon. This name does not denote an Anglo-Saxon, in contradistinction to a Norman origin: it was probably given to a settler from Saxony in more recent times. Or, it may possibly be a corruption of sexton, which is so pronounced in the West of England, or of Saxton, a local name.

How popular is Septon?

Septon is common in Belgium, United States.

Septon is ranked 531830 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Septons grew by 10.95 per cent to 152 since 2000 and ranked 115034 after elevating 2504 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per ten million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.18 93.43
Septon is an uncommon surname, few people in Belgium have the family name and might have roots in Belgium. Around 607 people have been found who wears Septon as their family name. Septon is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Septon:
6,877 Belgium274
108,042 United States225
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
50,489 Canada60
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
63,542 Papua New Guinea16
148,650 England11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
488,268 Indonesia8

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