as a Last Name
- 81,258
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Newton
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of the many places so named, from Old English nēowe ‘new’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. According to Ekwall, this is the commonest English place name. For this reason, the surname has a highly fragmented origin.
| 391st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 81,258
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Newton per capita
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