Sexton

in the US

There are 35,349 people with the last name "Sexton" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

NameRank
Sexton 727
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  1. is 723rd most common Glass
  2. is 724th most common Stark
  3. is 725th most common Nielsen
  4. is 726th most common Pruitt
  5. is 727th most common Sexton
  6. is 728th most common Cardenas
  7. is 729th most common Huang
  8. is 730th most common Schaefer
  9. is 731st most common Calderon

Similar Names and Nicknames

Saxton, Sexten, Sextro, Sextion, Saxtan, Sexter, Sextone, Sixton, Saxten, Sestina

Most Common First Names for Sexton

James, John, Michael, William, Robert, David, Mary, Thomas, Richard, Charles



Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a sexton or churchwarden, from Middle English sexteyn ‘sexton’ (Old French secrestein, from Latin sacristanus).

Irish (Munster and midlands): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Seastnáin‘descendant of Seastnán, Seasnán’, a personal name meaning ‘bodyguard’, from seasuighim ‘to resist’, ‘to defend’.


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