Leaton

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Leaton is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: habitational name from Leaton in Shropshire.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 337K
  • HNHonduras≈1 in 363K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

306 people, 2010

Sources
157 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 337K (inferred from the name graph)

Portugal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

habitational name from Leaton in Shropshire. The first element is uncertain, but may be Old English hleo ‘shelter’ or (ge)lcet ‘watercourse’ (modem English ‘leat’). The second element is Old English tiin ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’ .

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Leaton counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Leaton is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3061 in 1.1M516Leaton157
GB United Kingdom≈120 est.≈1 in 569K—Leaton55
CA Canada≈47 est.≈1 in 798K—Leaton14
BR Brazil≈38 est.≈1 in 5.5M—Leaton1
PT Portugal≈31 est.≈1 in 337K—Leaton1
CU Cuba≈30 est.≈1 in 373K—Leaton1
HN Honduras≈25 est.≈1 in 363K—Leaton2
IL Israel≈13 est.≈1 in 675K—Leaton2

306 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Leaton is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A small village in Pimhill parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4618).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Leaton
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19215—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19165—

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Leaton mean?
Recorded meaning: habitational name from Leaton in Shropshire.
Where does the name Leaton come from?
habitational name from Leaton in Shropshire. The first element is uncertain, but may be Old English hleo ‘shelter’ or (ge)lcet ‘watercourse’ (modem English ‘leat’). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Leaton have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 306 people named Leaton, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leaton.
How common is the name Leaton?
In the United States, the national register counted 306 people named Leaton in 2010, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Leaton”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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