as a Last Name
- 46,866
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Sexton
Meaning & Origins
English: occupational name for a sexton or churchwarden, from Middle English sexteyn ‘sexton’ (Old French secrestein, from Latin sacristanus).
| 734th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 46,866
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Sexton per capita
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