Last Name ACTON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: The oak-town or oak-hill - the name of a town in Middlesex, England, whence the name is derived.
Origin Anglo-Saxon, French, German, Irish, Austrian, Belgian

Rank 6,674 (2000 US census) 6,720 (1990 US census)
Count 4,666 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.28%, or 4399 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 1.56%, or 73 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.88%, or 41 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.6%, or 28 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 0.84%, or 39 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.84%, or 86 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Shortest baby names

We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

Please, send us any information you may have about addition two character first names and especially ...

Some Popular Lithuanian Baby Names

Here is the list of some Lithuanian first names in alphabetical order:

Aba Abromas Adolfas Adolis Adomas Albertas Albinas Aleksandras Aleksas Aleksiejus Alfonsas Alfredas Algirdas Aloizas Aloyzas Ambroziejus Andrijonas Andri...

Double-barrelled surnames

Can you lose your identity in a double-barrelled surname?

So, you are getting married and thinking about creating a double-barrel surname from yours and your future spouse’s surnames. Maybe there is another reason you want that type of surname. Somethin...


©2015 ANC Labs Inc | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | View in: Classic | Mobile