as a Last Name
- 20,386
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Carlton
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of various places called Carleton or Carlton, from Old Norse karl ‘common man’, ‘peasant’ + Old English tūn ‘settlement’ (compare Charlton 1). Places spelled Carl(e)ton (as opposed to Charlton) are in areas of Scandinavian settlement, mostly in northern England.
| 1,519th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 20,386
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Carlton per capita
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