Globally, Ортон (Orton 
, Ортон 
) is a rare principally male, but scarcely female given name. The given name Ортон is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is a very rare masculine name, the United States, and South Africa. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the United States, China, and Tanzania. More prevalently, Ортон is the last name as well as the forename.