The BOUGHTON surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	3,171	9410	0.001	12
United States (1880 census)	1,354	4202	0.003	27
Change since 1880	+1817	-5208	-0.002	-15
Other Countries
Australia	432	3671	0.003	26
United Kingdom	1,381	4020	0.003	30

Top States for BOUGHTON by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	294	6649	0.002	15
California	286	9299	0.001	8
Texas	242	7758	0.001	12
Michigan	216	5657	0.002	22
Connecticut	156	2937	0.005	46
Top States for BOUGHTON by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Connecticut	156	2937	0.005	46
Montana	25	5745	0.003	28
Colorado	107	5136	0.002	25
Wyoming	12	5964	0.002	24
Iowa	71	6351	0.002	24

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called BOUGHTON live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called BOUGHTON represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called BOUGHTON in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a BOUGHTON by picking someone at random in Connecticut than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of BOUGHTON

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Location or Geographical Feature

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the BOUGHTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the BOUGHTON surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of BOUGHTON in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	229	7.22
White (Hispanic)	61	1.92
Mixed Race	35	1.1
Asian/Pacific	17	0.54
Native American/Alaskan	6	0.19
White (Caucasian)	2,823	89.03

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the BOUGHTON surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of BOUGHTON in historical publications

(origin: Local) From Boughton, a place in Northamptonshire, England; the bowing or bending hill. Bouton, the steep or abrupt hill.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

BOUGHTON.* The family of Boughton, baronets, derive themselves from Robert de Boveton, whose grandson William de Boveton was living temp. Edw. III. The family possessed Lawford, co. Warwick, by marriage with the heiress of Allesley, temp. Henry VL, and there they resided till the year 1781, when the representative of the family, Sir Theodosius Boughton, was poisoned by his brother-in-law. John Donellan, Esq., who was executed for the offence the same year. Shirley's Xoble and Gentle Jlen. Courthope's Debrett.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

Similar names to BOUGHTON

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as BOUGHTON.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.